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Study Questions for Privacy Rights/Abortion (Ninth Amendment)

1. Why does the 9th amendment exist?

2. Describe some of the arguments about the 9th amendment.

3. How is the 9th amendment relevant today?

4. Why was the 9th amendment written?

5. What 3 major cases helped to shape the ninth amendment from years ago to today?

6. On the Major U.S. Supreme Court Rulings on Reproductive Health and Rights, in 1973, what was the nature of the Roe vs. Wade case? What does to right to privacy extend to?

7. When the debates began in 1973 over Robert P. Casey and Planned Parenthood, other than the affirmation of the Roe vs. Wade decisions, what did Casey rule?

8. In 1982, prior to Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, the Abortion Control Act was passed. What did the Abortion Control Act state?

9. What other amendment can the ninth amendment be mistaken for?

10. In Griswold vs. Connecticut (1965), what did the Supreme Court rule violate marital privacy?

11.Who, in Griswold vs. Connecticut, was the executive director of Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut?

12.What does the decision of the Griswold v. Connecticut decision protect?

13.What did Estelle Griswold and Dr. C. Buxton intend to do when they opened a birth-control clinic?

14.What did Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas say about birth control and why?

15.What was the outcome of the Griswold v. Connecticut case? How did it affect other cases?

16.What amendment is the 9th amendment said to have interactions with?

17.What are the personal the government cannot interfere with?

18.Why was the “zone of privacy” such a major part in the Court’s decision?

19.After the court decided that Jane Roe was allowed to have the abortion, what did she decide to do?

20.In what year did the Supreme Court almost overturn the decision of Roe v. Wade?