Mary Doe

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Mary Doe is the pseudonymous woman whose challenge to Georgia’s restrictive abortion law led to the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case Doe v. Bolton, decided alongside Roe v. Wade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal pseudonym
party to a lawsuit
pseudonymous litigant
challengesLawOf Georgia
challengesLawType restrictive abortion law
countryOfLegalCase United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs pseudonymous woman challenging Georgia’s abortion law
gender female
hasLegalSignificance landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision
hasPseudonymRole plaintiff
hasRightAsserted right to obtain an abortion
right to privacy
isAssociatedWith Roe v. Wade
abortion law in the United States
isKnownFor being the pseudonymous plaintiff in Doe v. Bolton
isPlaintiffIn Doe v. Bolton
legalCase Doe v. Bolton
legalCaseAlongside Roe v. Wade
legalCaseCitation Doe v. Bolton
surface form: Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
legalCaseCompanionTo Roe v. Wade
legalCaseCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
legalCaseCourt Supreme Court of the United States
legalCaseDecisionDate 1973-01-22
legalCaseDecisionYear 1973
legalCaseIssue constitutionality of Georgia abortion statute
legalCaseJurisdiction Georgia
surface form: State of Georgia
legalCaseState Georgia
legalCaseSubject abortion rights
reproductive rights
state regulation of abortion
legalCaseType civil rights case
constitutional law case
realIdentityStatus pseudonymous

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Doe v. Bolton petitioner Mary Doe