Which of the following reasons explains why justices were accused of engaging in judicial activism in the Roe v. Wade (1973) Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion?

A. They decided that abortion should be legal based on a broad interpretation of the Tenth Amendment.
B. They used the Fourteenth Amendment to argue that men and women were not granted the same reproductive rights without the legal right to abortion.
C. They used the First Amendment to define abortion as a right to free speech.
D. They strayed from the literal interpretation of the due process clause by establishing a new constitutional right to privacy.


D. They strayed from the literal interpretation of the due process clause by establishing a new constitutional right to privacy.

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a. Mexico b. Brazil c. Argentina d. The U.S

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Fill in the blanks with correct word

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