Chapter 5.5 Pages 188 to 192

1) The issue in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) was
A) cruel and unusual punishment.
B) search and seizure.
C) birth control for married couples.
D) abortion.
E) Miranda rights.

2) In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guaranteed
A) zones of privacy.
B) the right to an abortion.
C) free speech during wartime.
D) the right to die.
E) trial by a jury of your peers.

3) The foundation for the Courtʹs decision in Roe v. Wade is the right to
A) privacy.
B) lethargy.
C) equality.
D) due process.
E) equal protection of the laws.

4) Which provision of the Constitution was used by the Supreme Court in deciding that
Americans had a right to marital privacy?
A) the full faith and credit clause
B) the elastic clause
C) the enumerated powers
D) the Ninth Amendment
E) the Thirteenth Amendment

5) In Roe v. Wade the Supreme Court found that women had
A) an absolute right to abortion.
B) a right to information on contraception.
C) the right to an abortion at government expense.
D) the right to premarital sex.
E) the limited right to abortion.

6) Under the Courtʹs decision in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey,
restrictions on the right to an abortion
A) must be based on ethical principles.
B) may not cause an undue burden for the pregnant woman.
C) must give equal consideration to the wishes of the prospective father.
D) must include fetal viability tests.
E) must be approved in a statewide referendum.

7) According to recent Supreme Court decisions regarding the constitutionality of various laws
restricting abortions, such laws
A) must require underage women to get their parentʹs permission in order to have an
abortion.
B) must require exceptions for the health of the prospective mother.
C) must prohibit all late-term abortions.
D) must pay for abortions for indigent women.
E) can not make it more difficult for pregnant women to obtain an abortion.

8) What did the Supreme Court decide in Lawrence v. Texas?
A) Abortion restrictions requiring parental consent for underage women must include
judicial bypass options.
B) Congress can not restrict access to abortions.
C) Homosexuality is ʺimmoral and repugnantʺ; therefore, states have a compelling interest
in limiting such behavior.
D) States can not criminalize private sexual behavior.
E) States can criminalize sodomy by heterosexual couples, but not by homosexual couples.


9) What is the status of Oregonʹs Death with Dignity Act?
A) The U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional, finding there is no ʺright to die.ʺ
B) The Oregon Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional, finding there is no ʺright to die.ʺ
C) The U.S. attorney general has successfully blocked Oregonʹs implementation of the law.
D) The U.S. attorney general has successfully prosecuted Oregon doctors who terminated
the medical treatment of terminally ill patients in accordance with their expressed
wishes.
E) The Supreme Court has upheld the Oregon law, despite federal attempts to block it.