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The right to privacy has long been recognized as fundamental under the Fourteenth Amendment. Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). The Supreme Court further clarified substantive due process protections in Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), holding that intimate personal choices are protected.
Moreover, in Henderson v. Merck Pharmaceuticals, 847 F.3d 291 (4th Cir. 2019), the court extended these protections to employer-mandated health screenings.
The standard for evaluating such claims requires strict scrutiny. Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965).
Lawrence held that the Due Process Clause protects the right of adults to engage in private conduct without government intervention, directly establishing that intimate personal choices are constitutionally protected.
Griswold recognized a constitutional right to privacy in the marital relationship, and subsequent cases applied strict scrutiny to laws infringing fundamental privacy rights.
...The petitioners are entitled to respect for their private lives. The State cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime...
...The Texas statute furthers no legitimate state interest which can justify its intrusion into the personal and private life of the individual...
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