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 Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law.TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. The 14th Amendment wrote the Declaration of Independence's promise of freedom and equality into the Constitution. It extended both civil and legal rights for Black citizens who were formerly enslaved. To Alito, the scope of 14th Amendment rights must be considered in the context of the times in which it was devised. Because a woman's right to make her own medical decisions is based on another right that is not in the Constitution either. The. United States Supreme Court rules for the first time ever that a law that discriminates against women is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment,. The 14th amendment was not repealed and there is nothing about abortion in it. It requires due process and equal protection of the law.