Which case was decided alongside Roe v. Wade as the less famous Georgia case?

• A. Roe v. Wade
• B. McCleskey v. Kemp
• C. Bowers v. Hardwick
• D. Doe v. Bolton

Answer: (D)

Two major abortion decisions were announced on the same day in 1973, with Roe v. Wade addressing a Texas ban and a companion case from Georgia addressing Georgia’s abortion statute. The correct answer is Doe v. Bolton because it was the Georgia case paired with Roe v. Wade and decided alongside it. Doe v. Bolton originated in Georgia and challenged the state’s abortion provisions, helping to form the broader ruling about a woman’s right to choose under the Fourteenth Amendment. The other options refer to different topics or cases (McCleskey v. Kemp on the death penalty in Georgia, Bowers v. Hardwick on sodomy) or to Roe v. Wade itself, not the paired Georgia case.