Is Abortion Protected by the Constitution?

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?

 

 

Resources:

• Isn’t abortion a legal, constitutional, and human right?
• Griswold v. Connecticut
• Eisenstadt v. Baird
• Roe v. Wade
• The right of privacy
• 14th Amendment Due Process