Roe was fundamentally a privacy ruling. Its reversal has far-reaching implications not only for healthcare and the right to choose, but also for consumer privacy of all kinds, per leading experts. Other Constitutional rights contingent on privacy precedent \u2014 including same-sex marriage \u2014 could be next on the chopping block.<\/p>\n
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The implications of today\u2019s ruling could be destabilizing, both politically and socially; a loss of the right to decisional privacy and the protections ensured under the 14th Amendment\u2019s Due Process Clause could jeopardize Americans\u2019 right to raise their children as they please, marry whom they wish and have consensual intimate relationships without government interference.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver time, the Supreme Court has incorporated other rights [within the] scope of 14th Amendment protections \u2014 before Roe v Wade, for example, in Griswold v Connecticut the issue of \u2018marital privacy\u2019 [was established as a 14th Amendment protection,]\u201d says Arielle Garcia, chief privacy officer at media agency UM Worldwide. In essence, the overturning of Roe threatens to challenge the Constitutionality of same-sex marriage and other issues concerning personal decision-making.<\/p>\n