What if Roe Vs. Wade had different consequences? (1st timeline)

Hi guys, cthululives here. This is the first time I'm posting here, and I had this idea in my head for a long time now. Feel free to give me (constructive) criticism and suggestions. Anyway, without further ado, WIRvsWHDC:

Introduction:
Abortion has been a subject of much criticism and debate ever since the rise of feminism, but it has also been in use ever since ancient times, with the first recorded instance being in the Egypt Ebers Papyrus in 1550 B.C. Now, before we go any further, I just want you to know, I'm in a neutral position of the abortion spectrum, so the details I post will support neither pro-life or pro-choice, but-rather-look at the advantages and flaws of both sides. The PoD will be the Roe VS. Wade trial, which repealed the ban of abortion in the united states.



(Note: give constructive criticism and/or PM me some ideas. I want to hear some opinions before I actually start.)
 
This is never good as a first timeline. I do wish you luck though and would like to be wrong though.
 
First of all, I wonder how you would reverse the decision in the case, given that it was a 7-2 decision; fairly damning, that.
 
A more likely POD would be WI Justice Kennedy joined with Scalia, Thomas, Rehnquist and White to overturn Roe v Wade in Planned Parenthood v Casey
 
Part 1: The Vote

(Note: the story will be told with the use of newspaper clippings, scripts, letters, etc. Also, please note that I might make a few mistakes as far as accuracy is concerned.)
January 22, 1973
Roe Devastated by Verdict; Abortion Laws Remain

Jane Roe, of the Wade vs. Roe court case, was shocked when the supreme court acted in favor of Henry Wade, and thus the anti-abortion laws. When Chief Justice Warren Burger was asked about this verdict, he replied, "We thought long and hard about this decision. In all fairness, we wanted to vote in favor of Roe, since we felt that women should be allowed their choices." However, according to Burger, their strategy was changed when Justice William O. Douglas threatened to write a dissent in the reargument order.

Roe herself sobbed when the verdict was announced, and was reported to have ran out of the courtroom, screaming in sorrow and anger.

(will add more later)
 

pnyckqx

Banned
Is this TL going to be on if Roe v. Wade had ruled against the abortion clinics?
That is a popular misnomer. Had Roe been decided differently, the result would have been Status Quo Ante, that is to say that the matter would have been resolved at the state level, as was the procedure before Roe.

Both pro lifers and pro abortionists forget --when it is convenient for them to do so-- that legal abortion did indeed exist in the US before the Roe decision.
 

pnyckqx

Banned
(Note: the story will be told with the use of newspaper clippings, scripts, letters, etc. Also, please note that I might make a few mistakes as far as accuracy is concerned.)
January 22, 1973
Roe Devastated by Verdict; Abortion Laws Remain

Jane Roe, of the Wade vs. Roe court case, was shocked when the supreme court acted in favor of Henry Wade, and thus the anti-abortion laws. When Chief Justice Warren Burger was asked about this verdict, he replied, "We thought long and hard about this decision. In all fairness, we wanted to vote in favor of Roe, since we felt that women should be allowed their choices." However, according to Burger, their strategy was changed when Justice William O. Douglas threatened to write a dissent in the reargument order.

Roe herself sobbed when the verdict was announced, and was reported to have ran out of the courtroom, screaming in sorrow and anger.

(will add more later)
A little bit of revision is necessary. First off "Jane Roe" was the name given to Norma Jean McCorvey.

Second, long before Roe was decided, she'd had her baby. OTL Roe v. Wade was moot for McCorvey.
 
A little bit of revision is necessary. First off "Jane Roe" was the name given to Norma Jean McCorvey.

Second, long before Roe was decided, she'd had her baby. OTL Roe v. Wade was moot for McCorvey.

Another necessary revision to the last post being that neither Burger nor any other justice would make such a comment on the case until many years after said decision was rendered. Justices do not comment (at least didn't in the 1970s) to the press about newly promulgated decisions.
 
(Note: the story will be told with the use of newspaper clippings, scripts, letters, etc. Also, please note that I might make a few mistakes as far as accuracy is concerned.)
January 22, 1973
Roe Devastated by Verdict; Abortion Laws Remain

Jane Roe, of the Wade vs. Roe court case, was shocked when the supreme court acted in favor of Henry Wade, and thus the anti-abortion laws. When Chief Justice Warren Burger was asked about this verdict, he replied, "We thought long and hard about this decision. In all fairness, we wanted to vote in favor of Roe, since we felt that women should be allowed their choices." However, according to Burger, their strategy was changed when Justice William O. Douglas threatened to write a dissent in the reargument order.

Roe herself sobbed when the verdict was announced, and was reported to have ran out of the courtroom, screaming in sorrow and anger.

(will add more later)


Okay, you've set Douglas' threatened dissent as the POD for a different Roe v. Wade. Now, how are you going to change what was a solid 7-2 decision? I hope you've done your homework on the 9 justices who composed the SCOTUS at the time
 
January 23, 1973
Letter from Norma Jean McCorvey to her friends
To my friends [REDACTED] and [REDACTED],
They ruled against me. I have never been this devastated in my entire life. I'm feeling extremely depressed; with all of the money that I paid for this case, I don't have enough money to pay for food for my child. I'm thinking about going on welfare.

Norma Jean McCorvey
 
January 23, 1973
Letter from Norma Jean McCorvey to her friends
To my friends [REDACTED] and [REDACTED],
They ruled against me. I have never been this devastated in my entire life. I'm feeling extremely depressed; with all of the money that I paid for this case, I don't have enough money to pay for food for my child. I'm thinking about going on welfare.

Norma Jean McCorvey

I think that two of Normas children were adopted away, and that her mother had custordy of the third child.

The lawyers worked pro bono, so Norma had no lawyer bills to worry about.

Finally I doubt that Norma ever were present at the trials.

If the Supreme Court decided that abortions is something that the states regulate by law (which was the rule before Roe vs Wade) the battle about abortions would be fought in elections instead of courts. In the long run it would probably mean less conflict, since "everyone have had a chance to decide for themselves, not nine judges in Washington".
 
Okay, I've given up on this particular timeline. I can't think of anything else to add that won't be scrutinized by history fanatics. I'll tell you what the result of this would have been: women supporting abortion and women against abortion would go to war with each other, causing the US to be split in half; one side for the pro-choices, the other for the pro-life supporters.
 
Okay, I've given up on this particular timeline. I can't think of anything else to add that won't be scrutinized by history fanatics. I'll tell you what the result of this would have been: women supporting abortion and women against abortion would go to war with each other, causing the US to be split in half; one side for the pro-choices, the other for the pro-life supporters.

Yeah it's probably good you stopped when you did
 
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