Which case addressed privacy in matters of sexual conduct in adults?

• A. Roe v. Wade
• B. Griswold v. Connecticut
• C. Lawrence v. Texas
• D. Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Answer: (C)

Privacy in intimate matters is protected as a liberty that allows adults to make private, consensual decisions without government interference. Lawrence v. Texas directly addresses this by recognizing a right for adults to engage in private sexual conduct with one another. The Court struck down a state sodomy law, holding that criminalizing private, consensual sexual activity between adults violates the Due Process Clause and infringes personal autonomy. This decision explicitly overruled a previous ruling that had upheld such laws, reinforcing that the state cannot intrude into the private sexual lives of consenting adults.

Roe v. Wade focuses on abortion rights, Griswold v. Connecticut deals with contraception for married couples, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey centers on abortion access. While related to privacy, none of these cases directly and narrowly address the privacy of private, adult sexual conduct in the way Lawrence v. Texas does, making Lawrence the best answer for this question.