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Griswold v. Connecticut , 381 U.S. 479 (1965), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects the liberty of married couples to use contraceptives without government restriction. [ 1 ]
Estelle T. Griswold and C. Lee Buxton, was affirmed by the Connecticut Supreme Court in April 1964, providing evidence that the case was ripe. [12] The appeal, known as Whitney v. Griswold , was heard by the US Supreme Court one year later and overturned in a 7–2 ruling, finding the original anti-contraception statute unconstitutional because ...
Estelle Naomi Trebert Griswold (June 8, 1900 – August 13, 1981) was a civil rights activist and feminist most commonly known as a defendant in what became the Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut , in which contraception for married couples was legalized in the state of Connecticut , setting the precedent of the right to privacy .
Catherine Gertrude Roraback (September 17, 1920 – October 17, 2007) was a civil rights attorney in Connecticut, best known for representing Estelle Griswold and Dr. C. Lee Buxton in the famous 1965 Supreme Court case, Griswold v. Connecticut, which legalized the use of birth control in Connecticut and created the precedent of the right to ...
1965: Griswold v. Connecticut (contraceptives as part of privacy rights for Estelle Griswold of New Haven's Planned Parenthood Center) [1] [2] [4] [7] During the 1960s, Emerson supported efforts to secure the release of Morton Sobell, convicted in 1951 of espionage as part of the case of Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg. [7]
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I think the background does an okay job at describing the history of the clinic and pro-contraception organizing in Connecticut, but needs more explanation of the legal history of contraception regulation both in the US and in Common Law generally, as a start. — Ixtal ( T / C) ⁂ Join WP:FINANCE! 21:26, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Fort Griswold is a former American defensive fortification in Groton, Connecticut named after Deputy Governor Matthew Griswold. The fort played a key role in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War , in correspondence with Fort Trumbull on the opposite side of the Thames River .