Question

this right of privacy, whether it be founded in the fourteenth amendment’s concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action, as we feel it is, or, as the district court determined, in the ninth amendment’s reservation of rights to the people, is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. --opinion of the court, roe v. wade, justice harry blackmun, 1973 according to the court, the right to privacy is protected by the fourteenth amendment because that amendment: reserves rights for the people. protects people from self - incrimination. restricts state actions and preserves individual liberty. creates privacy for an individual’s decisions by enumerating this in the constitution.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The Ninth Amendment reserves rights for the people, but the Fourteenth Amendment's role here is about personal liberty and state action restrictions, so this is incorrect.
• Option 2: Protection from self - incrimination is related to the Fifth Amendment, not the Fourteenth, so this is wrong.
• Option 3: The quote from the Roe v. Wade opinion says the right to privacy (for abortion decision) is founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's "personal liberty and restrictions upon state action". So this option matches as it says the Fourteenth Amendment restricts state actions and preserves individual liberty.
• Option 4: The Fourteenth Amendment does not enumerate the right to privacy; privacy rights are inferred from its concepts of liberty and state action restrictions, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

C. restricts state actions and preserves individual liberty.