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  2. Roe v. Wade - Wikipedia

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    Supporters of Roe contend that even if abortion rights are also supported by another portion of the constitution, the decision in 1973 accurately founds the right in the Fourteenth Amendment. Others support Roe despite concern that the fundamental right to abortion is found elsewhere in the Constitution but not in the portions referenced in the ...

  3. Supreme Court ruling: 3 key takeaways from the decision to ...

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    States are now entirely free to decide whether to make abortion legal or not — without having to worry about the 14th Amendment. 2. Other rights are not threatened. Abortion rights and anti ...

  4. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.

  5. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization - Wikipedia

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    The Fourteenth Amendment's ratifiers did not think it gave black and white people a right to marry each other. To the contrary, contemporaneous practice deemed that act quite as unprotected as abortion. Yet the Court in Loving v. Virginia, 388 U. S. 1 (1967), read the Fourteenth Amendment to embrace the Lovings' union.

  6. U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs fetal personhood appeal - AOL

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    The Rhode Island Supreme Court relied on the now-reversed Roe precedent in finding that the 14th Amendment did not extend rights to fetuses. ... status quo under Roe in terms of abortion rights. ...

  7. Republicans move at Trump's behest to change how they will ...

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    The committee adopted a draft platform Monday asserting, “We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied life or liberty ...

  8. Planned Parenthood v. Casey - Wikipedia

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    The majority in Roe further held that women have a privacy interest protecting their right to abortion embedded in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The five provisions at issue in Casey are summarized below. § 3205's informed consent — a woman seeking abortion had to give her informed consent prior to the procedure.

  9. The 14th Amendment: Understanding its crucial legal impact - AOL

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    Ratified in 1868, interpretations of the 14th Amendment have been key in extending a slew of legal protections including civil rights, same-sex marriage, abortion rights, and beyond. Here’s what ...