The approval of California Proposition 1 means that access to contraceptives and abortion will be enshrined and protected under California's state constitution. The Court's decimation of 50 years of precedent requires a rebuilding of jurisprudence to align with the promise of the Fourteenth Amendment.Abortion laws in California grant women a fundamental right to terminate their pregnancies. First Trimester (up to 12 weeks): Gives a woman an absolute right to an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy. In 1973, the Supreme Court held that the Fifth Amendment's due process clause includes a right to privacy in Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decided that the right to privacy implied in the 14th Amendment protected abortion as a fundamental right. The Fourteenth Amendment ushered in a new era of civil rights in America. This FindLaw article offers an overview of the Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.