Wade. The case involved an unmarried pregnant woman living in Texas. At the time, Texas banned abortions unless a doctor could prove that the pregnancy was putting the mothers' lives at risk. In court documents the pregnant woman was named Jane Roe and was suing a district attorney named Henry Wade, thus giving the landmark case the name Roe v. Wade. Jane Roe was pregnant at the time of the case and argued that a woman should be allowed to have an abortion. Henry Wade enforced the Texas law prohibiting abortion, even though the Texas law had been ruled unconstitutional in an earlier federal district court case, Wade ignored the decision. The case was argued from 1971 to 1973, when the 7-2 decision “recognized that the constitutional right to privacy extends to a woman's right to make her own personal medical decisions, including the decision to have an abortion, without interference from politicians” ( Planned parenthood n.d.). After the decision, many people tried to challenge it without any success. The woman who started the whole process has since tried to get the decision overturned because she now believes that an abortion hurts women more than themselves.