The right to reproductive autonomy is deeply grounded in the US Constitution and is about much more than Roe and the right to abortion. The Supreme Court says that the right to end a pregnancy is included in that "liberty.Wade, the Supreme Court decided that the right to privacy implied in the 14th Amendment protected abortion as a fundamental right. Well, the 14th amendment doesn't talk about abortion. We believe Congress is on firm constitutional footing to enact lifeprotective legislation under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court's decimation of 50 years of precedent requires a rebuilding of jurisprudence to align with the promise of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court has ruled that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevents state governments from infringing on the right to privacy. What did the 14th amendment have to do with Roe v. Wade? It perhaps is not generally appreciated that the restrictive criminal abortion laws in effect in a majority of States today are of relatively recent vintage. Rights, and Fourteenth Amendment, 66 TEMPLE L. REV.