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Quotation from Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization by Supreme Court of the United States
“The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely—the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Opinion of the Court (Justice Alito), introduction (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Alito states the ground of the holding immediately after announcing that Roe and Casey must be overruled.
Citation: "The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely—the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment." — Supreme Court of the United States, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Opinion of the Court (Justice Alito), introduction (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization-q1)
Portrait: Justice Alito official, Steve Petteway, Public domain.
