What Does the 14Th Amendment Have to Do with Roe v Wade

In January 1973, the Supreme Court issued a 7–2 decision that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides a “right to privacy” protecting a pregnant woman’s right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.

What does the 14th Amendment of the Constitution say?

Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of …

What are two important provisions of the 14th Amendment?

The Citizenship Clause granted citizenship to All persons born or naturalized in the United States. The Due Process Clause declared that states may not deny any person “life, liberty or property, without due process of law.”