The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a fundamental "right to privacy" that protects a pregnant woman's liberty to abort her fetus. [1]
In other words, *the SCOTUS finding said* abortion was codified in law -- the U.S. Constitution.
Edit: clarified the summary to attribute the finding to the SCOTUS and not to my opinion
The findings of the SCOTUS in Roe v. Wade was:
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a fundamental "right to privacy" that protects a pregnant woman's liberty to abort her fetus. [1]
In other words, *the SCOTUS finding said* abortion was codified in law -- the U.S. Constitution.
Edit: clarified the summary to attribute the finding to the SCOTUS and not to my opinion
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade