> But abortion couldn't be one of those rights because abortion was banned in some states. Abortion was not, in fact, banned when that amendment was written. T

> But abortion couldn't be one of those rights because abortion was banned in some states. Abortion was not, in fact, banned when that amendment was written. The first full ban was in New York in 1829. [1] Besides, the legal issue is not whether abortion is one of those rights per se, but rather whether privacy is an implicit right (almost certainly), and whether family planning (abortion, yes, but also contraception & choice of sex partner) is a sufficiently private decision that the government is restrained from regulating it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States#:~:text=Connecticut%20was%20the%20first%20U.S.,abortions%20a%20misdemeanor%20in%201829 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States#....