1. The saying goes “If you don’t know Doe, you don’t know Roe.” That is a statement some assert about the cases of Doe v. Bolton and Roe v. Wade. Those who say it claim that the Court’s statements in Roe v. Wade about a compelling government interest in protecting the life of a viable unborn child and resulting authority to regulate abortion after viability can only be understood in light of the holding of Doe v. Bolton. What does that mean and is it true?
2. How did the decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey modify the constitutional foundation of the right to privacy? Specifically, what text of the language in the Constitution itself was identified in Casey as the source of a right to privacy and how did that differ from the textual language relied upon in Roe v. Wade to support the privacy right of elective abortion?
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/410/113/
Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/410/179/
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Penn. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/505/833/
Gonzales v. Carhart, 550 U.S. 124 (2007)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/550/124/
Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy: https://personhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Craddock_FINAL.pdf
National Review Article of Justice Kegan’s role in ACOG statement: https://www.nationalreview.com/2010/06/kagans-abortion-distortion-shannen-w-coffin/
