n in Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court took on new life, as its decision pronounced the Court a maker of public policy. Through Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court created the blueprints for a national abortion policy. A policy that declared a womans right to an abortion unconditionally protected by the constitutional right to personal privacy. The framework, the general principle of Roe v. Wade was properly decided. The Constitutional right of personal privacy should be interpreted to include a womans right to obtain an abortion. However, some areas of the Courts decision are flawed, particularly their decision to divide pregnancy into trimesters.Abortion did not immediately engrave itself onto public agenda; it had help. The legal debate over the use of birth control proved to be the catalyst needed to propel abortion to the Supreme Court and into the ranks of public policy. The birth control movement was significant to Roe v. Wade because it served as a key in which to unlock the gates of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Courts decision to hear Griswold v. Connecticut, a case that challenged the Connecticut statute prohibiting anyone to use any drug, article, or instrument to prevent conception or to give assistance or counsel in its use (p.39), is arguably the most significant factor in the Courts decision of Roe v. Wade. Griswold v. Connecticut laid the groundwork for which Roe v. Wade was to be decided. The Supreme Court in 1965 found the Connecticut statute to be unconstitutional as it violated a persons right to personal privacy. The Court concluded that the U.S Constitution contained a broad right to privacy, which was a fundamental freedom (p.40). Although many organizations were vehemently opposed to the rational behind the Courts decision, their logic is Constitutionally sound. The argument that the Constitution is not open for interpretation by the Supreme Court is nonsense. The right to privacy, the Court concluded, was so basic tha...
