Griswold v. Connecticut
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| Negotiated March 29, 1965 |
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| Decided June 7, 1965 |
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| The plaintiffs operated a contraceptive clinic in Connecticut. They were arrested for this and were fined US $ 100. | ||||
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| A Connecticut law banning the use of contraception violates the constitutional right to privacy. | ||||
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| 1st , 3rd , 4th , 5th , 9th and 14th amendments ; Conn. Gene. Stat. Sections 53-32, 54-196 (rev. 1958) |
Griswold v. Connecticut is a major landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States , was declared in 1965 that the United States Constitution protects the right to privacy. The verdict was triggered by a Connecticut law that banned the use of contraception . A vote of 7 to 2 judges' votes declared this law to be invalid on the grounds that it violated the right to “privacy in marriage”. This made contraception in marriage exempt from punishment. This right was sued for unmarried adults in 1972 and in 1973 (with wildcard names) Roe v. Wade also legalized abortion in the US.
background
The Affected Connecticut Comstock Act , passed by Congress in 1873, prohibited the use of "any drug, medical article, or instrument designed to prevent conception." Previous attempts to check the legality of the law had failed.
In the case of “Tileston v. Ullman ”from 1943, a doctor tried to do this on the grounds that the prohibition of contraception in certain situations endangered life and well-being. The Supreme Court rejected the motion because the plaintiff was not entitled to sue on behalf of his patients. A second attempt - Poe v. Ullman (1961) - was brought in by a doctor along with patients. Now the Supreme Court ruled that there was actually no controversy to settle as the plaintiffs were not being prosecuted for violating the law.
Shortly after that decision, Estelle Griswold (Executive Director of Connecticut's Planned Parenthood League) and Dr. C. Lee Buxton (medical doctor and professor at Yale School of Medicine) gave this contraceptive judgment. In April 1963 they had opened a birth control clinic in New Haven . A few days after they were given contraceptives (including the new birth control pill ), they were arrested, tried and found guilty. Both should pay $ 100 each. The conviction was upheld by the Appeals Court and the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors. Estelle Griswold then turned to the Supreme Court.