On this day, January 22, in 1973

The US Supreme Court delivered its famous ruling on Roe v. Wade. By determining that state laws banning abortion were in violation of an individual's constitutional right to privacy, the Court's decision served to legalize abortion as a woman's fundamental right and personal choice. There was a huge pro-life backlash directly following Roe v. Wade as religious, right wing, fanatics increased their efforts to terrorize pro-abortion health clinics and the women who were seen entering them. It's kind of ironic when you consider all the health clinics that were bombed... the pro- lifers killing people and all.