Doe v. Bolton

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United States Supreme Court case abortion case landmark decision

Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Doe v. Bolton canonical	5
Doe et al. v. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, et al.	1
Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973)	1
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ abortion case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
citation	410 U.S. 179 ⓘ
companionCaseOf	Roe v. Wade ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Due Process Clause ⓘ surface form: Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1973-01-22 ⓘ
decisionType	per curiam-like companion to Roe v. Wade ⓘ
defined	health of the mother to include physical, emotional, psychological, familial factors, and the woman’s age ⓘ
dissentingJustice	Byron R. White ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
fullCaseName	Doe v. Bolton self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Doe et al. v. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, et al.
held	that a residency requirement for women seeking abortions in Georgia was unconstitutional ⓘ that limiting hospital access for abortions to accredited hospitals was unconstitutional ⓘ that overly restrictive procedural requirements for obtaining abortions violated the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ that requiring approval by a hospital committee for abortions was unconstitutional ⓘ that requiring concurrence of multiple physicians for abortions was unconstitutional ⓘ that several provisions of the Georgia abortion statute were unconstitutional ⓘ
jurisdiction	Georgia ⓘ
legalEffect	broadened the definition of maternal health in the abortion context ⓘ expanded the scope of abortion rights recognized in Roe v. Wade ⓘ limited states' ability to impose procedural barriers to abortion ⓘ
legalSubject	abortion ⓘ privacy rights ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ
majorityJusticesJoining	Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction	U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia
pageInUnitedStatesReports	179 ⓘ
petitioner	Mary Doe ⓘ
relatedTo	reproductive rights in the United States ⓘ right to privacy ⓘ
respondent	Arthur K. Bolton ⓘ
respondentOffice	Attorney General of Georgia ⓘ
subsequentHistory	limited and effectively overruled in part by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ
topic	United States constitutional law ⓘ medical regulation and licensing ⓘ women’s rights in the United States ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	410 ⓘ
yearDecided	1973 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Roe v. Wade → hasRelatedCase → Doe v. Bolton ⓘ

Doe v. Bolton → fullCaseName → Doe v. Bolton self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doe et al. v. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, et al.

Mary Doe → isPlaintiffIn → Doe v. Bolton ⓘ

Mary Doe → legalCase → Doe v. Bolton ⓘ

Mary Doe → legalCaseCitation → Doe v. Bolton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973)

91-902 → relatedPrecedent → Doe v. Bolton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Arthur K. Bolton → participantIn → Doe v. Bolton ⓘ

Arthur K. Bolton → legalCase → Doe v. Bolton ⓘ