Abortion & Reproductive Rights Abortion & Reproductive Rights Buck v. Bell (1927): Does a mentally feeble person have a right to have children and pass on genetic defects? Skinner v. Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson (1942): Does a habitual criminal have a right to have children and pass on his criminal inclinations? Griswold v. Connecticut (1965): Do married couples have the right to use contraceptives to prevent pregnancies? Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972): Do unmarried individuals have a right to get contraceptives? Roe v. Wade (1973): Does a woman have a right to end her pregnancy whenever she wants? Bellotti v. Baird (1979): Does a woman under age 18 have a right to end her pregnancy without parental consent? Hodgson v. Minnesota (1990): Does a woman under 18 have a right to end her pregnancy without notifying both of her biological parents? Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey (1992): Does a woman have a right to end her pregnancy without government interference before a fetus is viable outside the womb? Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022): Does a woman have a right to end her pregnancy whenever she wants? Return to all the Supreme Court cases.