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Griswold v. Connecticut |
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Griswold v. Connecticut, case decided in 1965 by the U.S. Supreme Court, establishing a right to privacy privacy, right of, the right to be left alone without unwarranted intrusion by government, media, or other institutions or individuals. While a consensus supporting the right to privacy has emerged (all recently confirmed Justices to the Supreme Court have affirmed ..... Click the link for more information. in striking down a Connecticut ban on the sale of contraceptives. The Court, through Justice William O. Douglas Douglas, William Orville, 1898–1980, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939–75), b. Maine, Minn. He received his law degree from Columbia in 1925 and later was professor of law at Yale. ..... Click the link for more information. , found a "zone of privacy" created by several amendments to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing against governmental intrusion into the homes and lives of citizens. The Griswold decision was important in later cases, such as Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade, case decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with Doe v. Bolton, this decision legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Leading reproductive rights organizations have preferred to cite an earlier case, Griswold v. It started with a 1965 Supreme Court decision, Griswold v. |
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