Title: Roe v. Wade: Its basis, court philosophies, and political aspects
Headings: Roe v. Wade:  Its basis; court
philosophies; political aspects

Abortion access in the U.S.
Roe v. Wade:  Its basis; court
philosophies; political aspects
About the Roe vs. Wade decision:
Other regulations covering abortion access:
The basis of the Roe v. Wade decision:
Reversing Roe v. Wade:
How judges and justices view laws and constitutions:
The 2004-NOV presidential election:
Justice Antonin Scalia states that abortion right not in constitution:
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Content: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." ( The due process clause is emphasized ) 3
Under this clause, the U.S. Supreme Court has " ...recognized such rights and the right to an early abortion, the right to use contraceptives, [and] the right to medical treatment..." 3 For opposite-sex couples, the court has also recognized "...the right to marry. " 3 In mid-2003, the court also based its Lawrence v. Texas ruling on the right to privacy. That decision gave heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual adults the right to engage in private consensual sexual activities, even if society generally disapproved of the behavior. Mr. Justice Stewart referred to the Fourteen Amendment when he issued a concurring statement in Roe v. Wade. He wrote, in part: "Clearly, therefore, the Court today is correct in holding that the right asserted by Jane Roe is embraced within the personal liberty protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.