Roe v.

Wade

Graciela De La Cuesta

Individual Website

Primary Sources
"Roe v. Wade." Oyez, www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18. Accessed 25 Oct. 2019.

This source was helpful for my NHD project because I was able to listen to the real recording of

the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. This is an excellent source as it gave me factual and direct

quotes from the case and the decision made. I will use this source to accurately quote and start a

foundation for my research.

"Women's Liberation March." Getty Images. History Study Center,

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:ho-

us&rft_dat=xri:ho:sup_multimedia:22039:hulton.

This source was helpful for my NHD project because I got an inside look at the women that were

protesting during this liberation march. This is an excellent image that I can use throughout my

website. I will use this to give my audience a visual aid, to help them picture just how important

this march was in the case for abortions.

"Betty Friedan ‘A Woman's Civil Right’ (1969)." The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches, 1995.

History Study Center,

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:ho-

us&rft_dat=xri:ho:sup_ref:phs00149.

This source was helpful to my NHD project because this document gave me some of the key

people and parts to the women's rights revolution. Betty Firedan wrote this book to give women

empowerment and a sense of importance beyond their family. This source will be used to help

me add a background to the Roe v. Wade case.

"For the Equal Rights Amendment." Inside American History, 2007. History Study Center,

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:ho-

us&rft_dat=xri:ho:sup_ref:heehell0000492.

This source was helpful to my NHD project because this document is a groundbreaking step in

the process towards gender equality. In the document holds the statement given out by Shirley

Chisholm the first black woman ever elected to Congress, on behalf of the Equal Rights

Amendment. This source is critical to my research and helps me understand another major step

in the fight for women's rights.

"Abortion: Who Shall Decide?" Historic U.S.Court Cases: An Encyclopedia, 2001. History

Study Center,

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:ho-

us&rft_dat=xri:ho:sup_ref:huc00211.

This source was helpful to my NHD project because this source helped me see why Roe v. Wade

was such a historic Supreme Court case. This source also gave me other important cases that

came after Roe v. Wade and how the decisions were influenced by it.

Secondary Sources

Parenthood, Planned. “Roe v. Wade: The Constitutional Right to Access Safe, Legal Abortion.”

Planned Parenthood Action Fund,

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/roe-v-wade.

This source was useful for my NHD project, because it gave me some basic foundational

information for my research. It also gave me planned parenthoods role in legal and safe abortions
and how this case affected them. I will use this source to implement quick fast facts into my

website.

“Roe v. Wade.” Legal Information Institute, Legal Information Institute,

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/410/113.

This source was useful for my NHD project because it gave me information on why “ Roe” was

a cover up name as her real name was kept for privacy issues. It also gave me some information

on controversies during the cases including the claim that she wasn't pregnant during her file.

This is important to my research because it fills in any gaps of missing information I had of the

case.

History.com Editors. “Roe v. Wade.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 27 Mar. 2018,

https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/roe-v-wade.

This source was useful for my NHD project, beacuase this source gave me information on

abortions before the case and information on “Roe” after the case was won. Altohugh she was an

activist for Pro-choioce, suprisingly later after converting to Catholicism, she turned into a vocal

opponent against abortion.

“The Worlds Abortion Laws.” Center for Reproductive Rights,

https://reproductiverights.org/worldabortionlaws.

This source was useful for my NHD project, because I’m able to see were abortion is prohibited,

where it’s used only to save a womens life, where its used to preserve health, where its allowed
based on broad social and ecomnic grounds , and where it’s given on request. This is useful

because I can use this imgae in my website and help me see modern time abortion restrictions.

“Women's Human Rights and Gender Equality.” Global Fund for Women,

https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/womens-human-rights/.

This source was helpful for my NHD project because I was able to see a major organization that

is in place to help fund women's human rights and gender equality.All of the proceeds go directly

towards helping young girls and women all around the world stay safe and help them insure their

rights as humans. This source will be used to help guide my audience to some solutions that are

being brought up to help support women's rights all around the world and how cases like Roe v.

Wade made that possible.

Millhiser, Ian. “The Fight to End Roe v. Wade Enters Its Endgame next Week.” Vox, Vox, 27

Sept. 2019, https://www.vox.com/2019/9/26/20873873/supreme-court-gut-roe-v-wade-next-

week-abortion.

This source is helpful to my NHD project because it gives my research a comparison to make.

Comparing how the cases Roe v Wade was viewed in its time, and how its viewed now. This will

help my research be up to date and accurate.

United Conference, Calthoic Bishop. “ Summary of Roe v. Wade and other Key Abortion cases.”

2018. PDF

This source was useful to my NHD project because this source gave me a timeline of Roe v.

Wade decision and all the other aobrtion related cases that came after it. This is useful because I
got the Pro-life side of the argument and helped me have balanced research. I will use this

information and incorporate it into my website.

“The Embryo Project Encyclopedia.” Planned Parenthood v. Danforth (1976) | The Embryo

Project Encyclopedia, https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/planned-parenthood-v-danforth-1976.

This source is useful to my NHD project because this source gave me another crucial case in the

right to have abortion. Planned Parenthood v. Danforth was a cases that denied Missouri the right

to regulate abortion care.

Bauer, Patricia. “Norma McCorvey.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

18 Sept. 2019, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Norma-McCorvey.

This source was helpful to my NHD project because I was able to inform myself on “ Jane Roe” ,

her true identify being Norma McCorvey. I learned about the reason she even filed this case and

what she became after she won the case. This helped me understand her situation and improved

my research.

Bryant, Miranda. “'A Haven': New York Sees Rise in Women Traveling across State Line for

Abortions.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 4 July 2019,

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/04/new-york-sees-significant-rise-in-women-

traveling-across-state-line-for-abortions.

This source is helpful to my NHD project because it showed me some more current information

on some protest regarding abortions . This will help me keep my information up to date and my
research current. I will use this source and it’s images in my website to give some current news

on abortion.