Then, in 1973, this Court decided Roe v. Wade, 410 U. S. 113. And that privacy right, Roe observed, had been found to spring from no fewer than five different constitutional provisions–the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The Court’s discussion left open at least three ways in which some combination of these provisions could protect the abortion right. See Brief for Appellant and Brief for Appellee in Roe v. Wade, O. T. 1972, No. 70-18; see also C. Forsythe, Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade 127, 141 (2012).

Source: The Herald June 24, 2022 19:19 UTC