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.
Jane Roe's lawyer, Sarah Weddington, argued that Jane Roe and all women have a right to abortion under the U.S. Constitution, and therefore that laws prohibiting abortion in Texas and other states are unconstitutional and should be ruled invalid. The Court issued its decision in the Roe v. Wade case on Jan. 22, 1973.