Justice Thomas: What ‘Specific’ Right In The Constitution Allows Abortion?

During Wednesday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Clarence Thomas questioned the U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar on what specific right to abortion is protected by the Constitution as found in Roe v. Wade, comparing it to the Second Amendment and Fourth Amendment which specify the rights they are protecting in their text. According to RealClearPolitics, Justice Thomas asked, “Would you specifically tell me, specifically state, what the right is? Is it specifically abortion? Is it liberty? Is it autonomy? Is it privacy?” “The right is grounded in the liberty component of the

