The Supreme Court decisions in Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade were based on the principle of the right to

Personal Privacy. In the case of Roe v Wade, this was the right of Norma McCorvey to have an abortion.

The Supreme Court decisions in Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade were based on the principle of the right to Personal Privacy.

The right to privacy means that personal information of any individual is protected from public scrutiny. According to the supreme court's Roe v. Wade decision, a woman has all the rights to have an abortion under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Whereas, the supreme court's decision in Griswold v. Connecticut was about access to contraception.