One major reason why Roe v. Wade was and remains tendentious is because the decision required SCOTUS to determine when personhood begins, which has major legal, medical, moral, and philosophical ramifications. SCOTUS determined that viability begins at twenty- three weeks in the womb. Why did so many Americans disagree with this?

Me! why was marbury v. madison such an important case? a. it confirmed that the supreme court was more powerful than congress but less powerful than the president b. it confirmed the authority of the supreme court to review a law in to determine whether or not that law is constitutional. c. it confirmed the authority of congress to increase or decrease the power of the supreme court. d. it gave the supreme court the power to confirm federal judges.