The aftermath of legalized abortionChuck Norris On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decided (via Roe v. Wade) existing laws against abortion (at both federal and state levels) violated a constitutional right to privacy and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. As a result all national laws prohibiting or limiting abortion were reverted. The primacy of a woman's rights prevailed and the rights of the unborn were not only abandoned, but their nature legally reduced to nonhuman. A history of justificationsBoth Justices Byron White and William Rehnquist strongly dissented the 7-2 majority decision on that winter day 34 years...