45 years ago today, January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court made its decision that a right to privacy extended to a woman’s decision to have an abortion. Justice William Joseph Brennan Jr. was serving on the court when it issued its decision with a 7-to-2 majority vote in favor of Roe.

Brennan served from 1956 to 1990.

See a list of other Supreme Court Justices photographed by Karsh.