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12  DOBBS v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION 

KAVANAUGH, J., concurring 

grappled with the divisive issue of abortion.  I greatly re-
spect all of the Justices, past and present, who have done 
so.  Amidst extraordinary controversy and challenges, all of
them have addressed the abortion issue in good faith after 
careful deliberation, and based on their sincere understand-
ings of the Constitution and of precedent.  I have endeav-
ored to do the same. 

In my judgment, on the issue of abortion, the Constitu-
tion is neither pro-life nor pro-choice.  The Constitution is 
neutral, and this Court likewise must be scrupulously neu-
tral.  The  Court  today  properly  heeds  the  constitutional 
principle of judicial neutrality and returns the issue of abor-
tion to the people and their elected representatives in the 
democratic process.