Was Roe v Wade an amendment?

Roe v Wade was an amendment. Jane Roe filed a case against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, Texas, where she lived, in 1970, contesting a Texas statute that made abortion illegal unless ordered by a doctor to save a woman’s life.

Roe claimed in her case that the state statutes were unconstitutionally vague and violated her right to personal privacy, which is guaranteed by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments.

A state law that broadly forbids abortion regardless of pregnancy stage or other interests violates the right to privacy.

Congress passed the 14th Amendment in 1866, and it was ratified in 1868. The amendment guaranteed the right to due process and equal treatment under the law at both the federal and state levels of government.

According to the 14th amendment, “No State shall make or enforce any law abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.”