 In January 1973, the Supreme Court issued a 7–2 decision ruling that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a "right to privacy" that protects a pregnant woman's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.But it also ruled that this right is not absolute, and must be balanced against the government's interests in protecting women's health and protecting prenatal life.The Court resolved this balancing test by tying state regulation of abortion to the three trimesters of pregnancy