This is true. But, one was found in the penumbra (shadow) of the emanation (light) of other rights protected by the Bill of Rights.
In 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, (a contraceptive case) a "right to privacy" was found in the penumbra of the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth amendment emanations.
Roe v Wade, on the other hand, was decided on due process. The court ruled that the right to an abortion "is embraced within the personal liberty protected by the (Substantive) Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment".
(Due Process, not the "right to privacy", was also used in Lawrence v Texas, the sodomy case.)
bumpkin
robertpaulsen wrote:
There is no right to privacy in the Bill of Rights. -- This is true. But, one was found in the penumbra (shadow) of the emanation (light) of other rights protected by the Bill of Rights.
No 'shadows' are needed to establish that our rights to privacy are as old as common law. Only zealots with an agenda deny that persons have individual rights to a private life, liberty and private property.
In 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, (a contraceptive case) a "right to privacy" was found in the penumbra of the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth amendment emanations.
Common law & common sense also tell us we have a right to privacy. - Case closed.
Roe v Wade, on the other hand, was decided on due process. The court ruled that the right to an abortion "is embraced within the personal liberty protected by the (Substantive) Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment".
(Due Process, not the "right to privacy", was also used in Lawrence v Texas, the sodomy case.)
Good to see you using common sense for a change robbie. -- Would you agree "personal liberty" includes our right to privacy?