Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protects a pregnant woman's "liberty" to choose to have an abortion. 113 (1973), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022, in full) Douglas īlackmun, joined by Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell Texas's statutes making it a crime to procure an abortion violated this "right".Ĭhief Justice Warren E. This "right" is not absolute, and has to be balanced against the government's interest in protecting women's health and protecting prenatal life. Constitution provides a fundamental "right to privacy" that protects a pregnant woman's liberty to abort her fetus.
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. 1970) probable jurisdiction noted, 402 U.S. Judgment for plaintiffs, injunction denied, 314 F.
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