¶1 Planned Parenthood Association of Utah (PPAU) challenges the law Senate Bill 174 enacted (SB 174). In 1973, the Court concluded in Roe v.Wade that the US Constitution protects a woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy. This page explains how to ask a juvenile court judge to authorize an abortion without parental consent. Is abortion a constitutional right? Not under the U.S. Constitution, according to the current Supreme Court. The Abortion in the U.S. Dashboard is an ongoing research project tracking state abortion policies and litigation following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. How constitutional rights and guarantees in U.S. law can help strengthen reproductive rights going forward. Wade was a landmark legal decision issued on January 22, 1973, in which the US Supreme Court struck down a Texas statute banning abortion. A pregnant single woman (Roe) brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws.