text: Constitutional scholar. The only thing that got fudged in Roe was finding a plaintiff and keeping her because the normal pace of appeals would never let an abortion case get to SCOTUS..
  
  Abortion comes under due process rights, according to Chief Justice Roberts in his confirmation hearing. Alito agreed.
  
  Privacy is the relevant right, which comes under due process and equal protection.  It is not secrecy, it is the right to be left alone by the majority because the majority has no compelling interest in legislating on that matter. It applies to birth control, sodomy and prohibitions on gays marrying. While the Church would surely love to dump all of these things, it is not in the interest of the Republic to allow mob rule, even Catholic mob rule, in these matters.  As important is federal supremacy, which resides in the 14th Amendment.  Would you really repeal either? I certainly would not.  Note that these matters are both jurisdictional and have nothing to do with abortion per se.