"Recognizing the constitutional right not to kill in jurisdictions that have failed to provide statutory protections is entirely consistent with the Court’s prior substantive due process cases. For example, in Lawrence and Roe, the Court relied on the existence of a statutory right in some locations as a justification to extend that right to other locations as a constitutional matter."
Roe v. Wade

January 1, 1970

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