who was president during roe vs. wade
Ronald Reagan on Roe v. Wade. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, could terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters. On the 10th anniversary of the ruling, President Ronald Reagan pledges in a radio report to the nation to fight to overturn the landmark case. Ronald Reagan on Roe v. Wade.