t the Framers had not seen the need to spell it out more clearly in the Constitution (p.40). The Constitution was never intended to serve as Americas bible, but as a blueprint for the foundation of the Federal Government, open for interpretation. The right to personal privacy is incorporated indirectly into every amendment, and could be found in the penumbras emanating from several specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights (p.40). The premise behind the amendments of the Constitution and Bill of Rights is the right to personal privacy. Personal privacy is a guaranteed right, established to make void the threat of tyranny. Whether the right to personal privacy is found in the Third Amendments prohibiting of the quartering of soldiers in private homes or in the First Amendments protection of association, there is no question that the right to personal privacy exists under the Constitution. With the decision of Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), the groundwork for Roe v. Wade was complete.Roe v. Wade (1973) came to life when a woman was denied an abortion in her home state of Texas. Jane Roe, too poor to seek an out-of-state abortion, opted to challenge the Texas law that prohibited abortions except when necessary to save a mothers life. Roe filed suite against the state of Texas, and argued that the Texas law deprived women and their physicians of rights protected by the fourth, fifth, ninth, and fourteenth Amendments (p.43). Though her approach used to challenge the Texas law was predictable, it was logical. Roes lawyers attempted to tap into the momentum generated by the Courts decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965). The Griswold case acted as a legal machete and cleared a path for Roes lawyers to follow. Clearly, her lawyers relied heavily on the right to privacy enunciated by the U.S. Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) (p.43). Unquestionably, the fate of abortion policy rested in the hands of the Supreme Court.The Courts...
