Name: Is Abortion Protected by the Constitution?
Uploaded: 2022-04-29T14:24:31+00:00
Duration: 6 min 18 s
Description: In its Roe v. Wade decision, the Supreme Court held that abortion is protected by the U.S. law because it is covered by a “right to privacy" found in the Constitution. So why is a legal right to abort

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In its Roe v. Wade decision, the Supreme Court held that abortion is protected by the U.S. law because it is covered by a “right to privacy" found in the Constitution. So why is a legal right to abortion still so controversial?

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➡️ Isn't abortion a legal, constitutional, and human right? https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-no-constitutional-human-right/
➡️ Griswold v. Connecticut: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/381/479.html
➡️ Eisenstadt v. Baird: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/405/438.html
➡️ Roe v. Wade: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/410/113.html
➡️ The right of privacy: http://law2.umkc.edu/Faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/rightofprivacy.html
➡️ 14th Amendment Due Process: https://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment14/annotation03.html#1