Question

What do the Supreme Court decisions in the cases of Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade have in common?

Answer 1

D. increased protections for individual privacy

Step-by-step explanation:

Roe v. Wade is the judicial case by which the United States Supreme Court recognized the right to abortion or voluntary termination of pregnancy in the United States. The case was appealed repeatedly until it reached the United States Supreme Court. This, finally, in 1973, decided that the woman, was supported by the right to privacy.

Griswold v. Connecticut was a case regarding the Connecticut "Comstock Law" that banned the use of "any medical article, medicine, or instrument intended to prevent conception". It was with a 7-2 vote that the Supreme Court overturned the "Comstock law". The decision was based on the "right to marital privacy"

Answer 2

The significance of Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade Supreme Court cases was the right of privacy. The Griswold v. Connecticut is a case in the United States, which revolves around the Supreme Court’s ruling of the constitution via bill of rights. It implied that there exists a fundamental right to one’s privacy.

This case originated from the Connecticut law according to which it was prohibited for any person to use a drug or medicine/instrument to prevent conception. This law was invalidated based on the fact that it was resulting in the violation of one’s right to the marital privacy. answer is (right of privacy)