In World War II, the nature of combat changed significantly from the Great War, and so did the nature of post-traumatic stress disorder. Foxholes were used rather than the trenches of the First World War.
Supreme Court legalizes abortion. In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Roe v. Wade that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, can terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters.
Introduction. In Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), the Supreme Court held that a pregnant woman has a fundamental privacy right to obtain an abortion. 410 U.S. at 153, 155-56. The Courtâs opinion was written by Justice Harry Blackmun.