How the court in Roe v Wade used Griswold v Connecticut as precedent and the legal basis for the courts decision in Roe. Did the court properly applied the doctrine stare decisis? Why or why not? Roe How the court in Roe v Wade used Griswold v Connecticut as precedent and the legal basis for the courts decision in Roe. Did the court properly applied the doctrine stare decisis? Why or why not? Roe v wade 410 us 113 (1973) Griswold