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?

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