What Was the Significance of the Supreme Court Case Roe

question 75

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade?

• A) The Court's decision would result in drastically fewer conservatives in the 1970s and an enduring liberal political climate.
• B) The Court held that abortions were illegal on a national scale during the first three months of pregnancy.
• C) The Court ruled that women have a "right to choose" whether to keep a pregnancy, as it would affect their health and well-being.
• D) The Court's decision called for gender to play an even greater role in all federal financial assistance programs.
• E) The Court successfully enacted the requirement of equal treatment for women throughout American society and politics.

Identify examples of informal and formal deviance in various cultures.

Explain the concepts of social control theory and how societal attachments influence deviance.

Describe the historical context and examples of how deviance has been socially constructed and controlled.

Critically analyze the limitations of the functional perspective on deviance.

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