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Legal Citation: 410 U.S. 179 (1973)

Appellant
Mary Doe

Appellee
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia

Appellant's Claim
That a Georgia abortion law was unconstitutional because it invaded the rights of privacy and liberty, denied equal protection and procedural due process, and was vague.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Margie Pitts Hames

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Dorothy T. Beasley

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
22 January 1973

Decision
Modified and affirmed the district court's ruling and decided that...