What Roe v. Wade Should Have SaidConstitutional scholars rewrite the landmark decision In January 1973, the Supreme Courts opinion in Roe v. Wade struck down most of the country's abortion laws, and held for the first time that women had a constitutional right to safe and legal abortions. Three decades later, Roe v. Wade remains one of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions, and political struggles over abortion rights still divide American politics. Roe has emerged as a