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案件原文：Roe v. Wade（全文）file/down?id=03f78bea299f4774b1945b5794a96f89

罗诉韦德案

(Roe v. Wade, 1973)

一、案件背景

一位化名为“简·罗”（真名为诺玛·麦考维）的得克萨斯州孕妇，对该州将大多数堕胎行为定为犯罪的法律提出质疑，认为该法律侵犯了她个人的隐私权。

The Case: A pregnant Texas woman, "Jane Roe" (a pseudonym for Norma McCorvey), challenged the constitutionality of Texas laws that criminalized most abortions, arguing they violated her right to personal privacy.

二、核心法律问题

美国宪法是否承认女性有权终止妊娠（堕胎）？

The Core Legal Question: Does the U.S. Constitution recognize a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy through abortion?

三、裁决结果

最高法院以 7 比 2 的投票结果，判决“简·罗”胜诉。

The Decision: The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, ruled in favor of "Jane Roe."

多数意见（由大法官哈里·布莱克门撰写）
The Majority Opinion (written by Justice Harry Blackmun)

1. 隐私权： 法院认为，虽然宪法未明确提及隐私权，但该权利受第十四修正案正当程序条款的保护，并涵盖女性决定堕胎的权利。

Right to Privacy: The Court found that the right to privacy, though not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, is protected by the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and encompasses a woman's decision to have an abortion.

2.非绝对权利： 这一权利并非绝对。州政府拥有两个合法的“重大利益”：

Not an Absolute Right: This right is not absolute. The state has two legitimate "compelling interests":

• 保护孕妇的健康。

Protecting the health of the mother.

• 保护潜在的生命（胎儿）。

Protecting the potentiality of human life (the fetus).

3.孕期三阶段框架： 为平衡上述相互冲突的利益，法院基于孕期的三个阶段（三期）建立了一个框架：

The Trimester Framework: To balance these competing interests, the Court established a framework based on the three stages (trimesters) of pregnancy:

• 第一期（0-12周）： 堕胎决定必须由女性及其医生做出。州政府不得干预。

First Trimester (0-12 weeks): The abortion decision must be left to the woman and her physician. The state cannot interfere.

• 第二期（13-26周）： 州政府可以规范堕胎，但仅限于保护孕妇健康（例如，要求在医院进行手术）。

Second Trimester (13-26 weeks): The state can regulate abortion, but only to protect the mother's health (e.g., requiring the procedure to be done in a hospital).

• 第三期（27周后）： 一旦胎儿具备存活性（能在子宫外存活），州政府可以完全禁止堕胎，除非为挽救孕妇的生命或健康所必需。

Third Trimester (27+ weeks): Once the fetus is viable (able to survive outside the womb), the state can prohibit abortion entirely, except when necessary to save the mother's life or health.

四、意义与影响（Significance & Impact）

里程碑式裁决： 该裁决实际上使堕胎在全国范围内合法化，废除了各州的限制性法律。

Landmark Ruling: It effectively legalized abortion nationwide by invalidating restrictive state laws.

引发全国性辩论： 该案成为“文化战争”的核心焦点，同时激发了支持选择权（堕胎权）和支持生命权（反堕胎）两大运动。

Triggered National Debate: It became the central focus of the "culture wars," galvanizing both the pro-choice and pro-life movements.

五、现状

被推翻： 近 50 年后，最高法院在多布斯诉杰克逊女性健康组织案 (2022) 中直接推翻了罗诉韦德案，将规范堕胎的权力交还给各州。

Overturned: Nearly 50 years later, the Supreme Court directly overturned Roe v. Wade in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) , returning the power to regulate abortion to individual states.