Doe v. Bolton

Doe v. Bolton
Argued December 13, 1971
Reargued October 11, 1972
Decided January 22, 1973
Full case nameMary Doe v. Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, et al.
Citations410 U.S. 179 (more)
93 S. Ct. 739; 35 L. Ed. 2d 201
Related casesRoe v. Wade
DecisionOpinion
Case history
PriorDoe v. Bolton, 319 F. Supp. 1048 (N.D. Ga. 1970)
Questions presented
Whether 26-1201 to 26-1203 of the Georgia Code by limiting the grounds for the performance of abortions deprive women and physicians of their fundamental rights of privacy and liberty in violation of the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution
Holding
The three procedural conditions in 26-1202 (b) of Ga. Criminal Code violate the Fourteenth Amendment. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia affirmed.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
MajorityBlackmun, joined by Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell
ConcurrenceBurger
ConcurrenceDouglas
ConcurrenceStewart
DissentWhite, joined by Rehnquist
DissentRehnquist
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Amend. XIV;
Ga. Criminal Code § 26-1202 (b)
Superseded by
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)

Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States overturning the abortion law of Georgia.[1] The Supreme Court's decision was released on January 22, 1973, the same day as the decision in the better-known case of Roe v. Wade.[2]

  1. ^ Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973).
  2. ^ Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).

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