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

• A. Obergefell v. Hodges
• B. Lawrence v. Texas
• C. Griswold v. Connecticut
• D. Roe v. Wade

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is privacy of intimate, consensual sexual conduct by adults. Lawrence v. Texas held that adults have a liberty to engage in private sexual activity without government interference, striking down state sodomy laws. This case frames intimate sexual conduct as a protected area of personal liberty under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, extending privacy protections to private sexual choices between adults.

Griswold v. Connecticut, while also about privacy, focused on conjugal privacy and access to contraception for married couples, establishing a broader privacy principle but not the specific issue of adults engaging in sexual conduct in private. Obergefell v. Hodges concerns the right to marry, including same-sex couples, and Roe v. Wade concerns abortion rights. These are related to privacy or liberty, but Lawrence is the one that directly addresses the privacy rights of adults in matters of sexual conduct.