I know. Gun ownership is one of the amendments.
Abortions are not.
See, if it was one of the amendments, all Justices would have said so. But the 7-2 verdict was as murky to me as was the Dred Scott matter also in the Supreme Court.
Who here agreed with the SC as to the slavery issue?
Landmark Supreme Court Cases | Roe v. Wade: Summary of the Decision
A woman’s right to choose to have an abortion was not considered an absolute right. The Court stated that government restrictions on a woman’s right to choose were subject to the highest standard of review, that of strict scrutiny. This level of review requires that in order to be enforceable, a government regulation of this right must be shown to be narrowly tailored to a meet a compelling state interest.
In his dissenting opinion, Justice Rehnquist argued that the framers of the 14th Amendment
did not intend for it to protect a right of privacy, a right which they did not recognize, and that they definitely did not intend for it to protect a woman’s decision to have an abortion. Justice Rehnquist further argued that the only right to privacy is that which is protected by the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures. Finally, he concluded that because this issue required a careful balance of the interests of the woman against the interests of the state, it was not an appropriate decision for the Court to make, but instead was a question that should have been left up to state legislatures to resolve.
