Transcript privacy.ppt

The Right to Privacy
Griswold v Connecticut [1965]
-the penumbras of the Bill of Rights
-”compelling state interest”
Roe v Wade [1973]
-Texas’ arguments - the state police power
-the Court’s decision - the viability standard
after Roe:
• Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v Danforth [1976]
• Maher v Roe [1977]
• City of Akron v Akron Center for Reproductive Health [1983]
• Thornburgh v American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [1986]
• Webster v Reproductive Health Services [1989]; Rust v Sullivan [1991]
• Planned Parenthood v Casey [1992]
The ‘Umbrella’ to Privacy
How inclusive is
the right to
privacy?
Specifically, what
activities or
actions are
considered to
have
constitutional
contraceptives
protection?
The Right to Privacy
abortion
Roe v Wade
Griswold v
Connecticut
qualified
sexual
orientation
Bowers v
Hardwick
right-to-die
In Re Quinlan
In Re Conroy
[New Jersey
State Supreme
Court]
Lawrence and living wills
Garner v Texas upheld by
USSC
?
privacy in the
workplace
[working
conditions]
?