evidence: Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion on Jun 24, 2022 at 10:13 am [...] The Supreme Court on Friday eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion, casting aside 49 years of precedent that began with Roe v. Wade. [...] Alito began his 79-page opinion by observing that abortion "presents a profound moral issue on which Americans hold sharply conflicting views." But the Constitution does not refer to abortion at all, Alito stressed. And although the Supreme Court has recognized some constitutional rights as protected by the due process clause, even if they are not expressly mentioned in the Constitution, the right to an abortion is not one of them, Alito explained. Among other things, he noted, the court has required such rights to be "deeply rooted in our Nation’s history." But until the second half of the 20th century, Alito observed, there was no support in U.S. law for the right to an abortion – indeed, he pointed out, most states regarded abortion as a crime.