Though it is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, the concept of a fundamental right to privacy played a key role in the arguments in Roe v. Wade. How did the Supreme Court advance from the right to privacy to the right to abortion? Six law professors explore the legal foundations for Roe v. Wade.

Watch Part One: https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/roe-v-wade-a-legal-history-part-one-to-the-court

Part Three premieres Wednesday, October 30, 2019. 

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no particular legal or public policy positions. All opinions expressed are those of the speakers.

Featuring:

Prof. Helen M. Alvare, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University
https://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/fulltime/alvare_helen

Prof. David E. Bernstein, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University
https://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/fulltime/bernstein_david

Prof. Robert P. George, Princeton University
https://lapa.princeton.edu/people/robert-p-george

Prof. Linda Greenhouse, Yale Law School
https://law.yale.edu/linda-greenhouse

Prof. Kimberly Mutcherson, Rutgers Law School
https://law.rutgers.edu/directory/view/mutchers

Prof. Teresa Stanton Collett, University of St. Thomas School of Law
https://www.stthomas.edu/law/facultystaff/a-z-index/teresa-stanton-collett.html

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Related Links & Differing Views:

Constitution Daily: “On this day, the Roe v. Wade Decision”
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/landmark-cases-roe-v-wade

C-SPAN: “Landmark Cases: Roe v. Wade”
http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/12/Roe-V-Wade

The Federalist Society Blog: “‘Uncommonly Silly’—and Correctly Decided: The Right and Wrong of Griswold v. Connecticut and Why It Matters Today”
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/blog-posts/uncommonly-silly-and-correctly-decided-the-right-and-wrong-of-griswold-v-connecticut-and-why-it-matters-today

National Review: “Death by Privacy”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2005/03/death-privacy-mark-r-levin/

Willamette Law Review: “In Defense of Griswold v. Connecticut: Privacy, Originalism, and the Iceberg Theory of Omission”
https://www.uis.edu/legalstudies/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/07/In-Defense-of-Griswold-PDF.pdf

UC Davis Law Review: “The So-Called Right to Privacy”
https://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/43/3/liberty/43-3_Greene.pdf

Notre Dame Law Review: “Griswold v. Connecticut: The Justices and Connecticut’s Uncommonly Silly Law”
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3152&context=ndlr

Arcane Knowledge: “Legal Issues of Roe v. Wade”
http://www.arcaneknowledge.org/histpoli/roe.htm