AdvertisementAs the Supreme Court considers Roe v. Wade, a look at how abortion became legalNovember 29, 2021Nina TotenbergfacebookEmailThe future of abortion, always a contentious issue, is up at the Supreme Court on Dec. 1. Arguments are planned challenging Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the court's major decisions over the last half-century that guarantee a woman's right to an abortion nationwide. (AP)