Which case is paired with Roe v. Wade in abortion privacy rulings?

Which case is paired with Roe v. Wade in abortion privacy rulings?

• A. McCleskey v. Kemp
• B. Bowers v. Hardwick
• C. Doe v. Bolton
• D. Roe v. Wade

Answer: (C)

Abortion privacy rulings around Roe v. Wade come from two companion Supreme Court decisions issued the same day. Roe v. Wade established that a woman has a constitutional right to choose an abortion, protected as part of a right to privacy, with the state’s ability to regulate abortion developing as pregnancy progresses. The companion case, Doe v. Bolton, broadened that protection by clarifying that a woman’s health—physical, emotional, psychological, and other factors often described in medical terms—must be considered, and that medical judgment plays a central role in deciding whether an abortion should be allowed. In combined effect, Roe and Doe create the framework for abortion rights that relies on medical considerations and the woman’s health rather than rigid, non-medical restrictions. The other cases you mentioned address very different issues—the death penalty and racial bias in sentencing, or privacy in private sexual conduct—so they aren’t part of the abortion-rights pairing with Roe.

Abortion privacy rulings around Roe v. Wade come from two companion Supreme Court decisions issued the same day. Roe v. Wade established that a woman has a constitutional right to choose an abortion, protected as part of a right to privacy, with the state’s ability to regulate abortion developing as pregnancy progresses. The companion case, Doe v. Bolton, broadened that protection by clarifying that a woman’s health—physical, emotional, psychological, and other factors often described in medical terms—must be considered, and that medical judgment plays a central role in deciding whether an abortion should be allowed. In combined effect, Roe and Doe create the framework for abortion rights that relies on medical considerations and the woman’s health rather than rigid, non-medical restrictions.

The other cases you mentioned address very different issues—the death penalty and racial bias in sentencing, or privacy in private sexual conduct—so they aren’t part of the abortion-rights pairing with Roe.