Roe v. Wade, Doe v. Bolton, and Abortion Privacy

Following the decisions in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972), the Supreme Court extended substantive Due Process and Privacy Rights to protect abortion rights in Roe v. Wade (1973). In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court held that the "right of privacy, ... founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's concept of personal liberty .. is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy." The Court further emphasized this right to abortion privacy in Doe v. Bolton (1973), striking down a similar abortion ban in the state of Georgia.