Who was chief justice when the Roe V. Wade decision was handed down? What did this case decide?

Roe v. Wade, case decided in 1973 by the U. S. Supreme Court. Along with Doe v. Bolton, this decision legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. The decision, written by Justice Harry Blackmun and based on the residual right of privacy, struck down dozens of state antiabortion statutes.