1973Unit 3 · Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Roe v. Wade

The constitutional question

Fourteenth Amendment — due process and privacy

The holding

Recognized a constitutional right to abortion (overruled by Dobbs in 2022 — the CED still requires Roe, and the overruling itself is now exam-relevant).

Live legislation that raises this case (1)

S. 4946 · 119thCommittee

Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2026

Roe's privacy line — and its overruling — is why location data near clinics became the sharpest privacy fight in America; the CED still requires Roe, and this bill is its data-age sequel.