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  2. Griswold v. Connecticut - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  3. Estelle Griswold - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. C. Lee Buxton - Wikipedia

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    Griswold and Buxton were arrested by the New Haven Police nine days after the clinic opened. [11] The resulting case against Buxton and Lee, The State of Connecticut v. 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.

  5. Ordered liberty - Wikipedia

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    Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) established that married couples have a right to purchase and use contraception without government interference in a 7–2 decision. Lawrence v. Texas (2003) showed that criminal penalties for sodomy or private sexual acts between consenting adults are unconstitutional. That decision came down in a 6 to 3 ruling.

  6. Abortion Opponents Are Also Threatening Birth Control Access

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    Credit - Illustration by Pete Ryan for TIME. W hen the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 1965 ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut and legalized the use of contraception by married women, the public ...

  7. Strict scrutiny - Wikipedia

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    Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), ending segregation in public schools; Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963), invalidating state law denying unemployment benefits to employees fired for refusing to violate their religious belief; Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), striking down prohibition of contraceptives; Loving v.

  8. A Republican Senate candidate endorsed by Peter Thiel is ...

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    Blake Masters pledged to vote for judges who believe Griswold v. Connecticut, Roe v. Wade, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey were wrongly decided.

  9. Confidential birth - Wikipedia

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    Griswold v. Connecticut began as the State of Connecticut v. Estelle T. Griswold and C. Lee Buxton, in which Connecticut sought to enforce its 1879 Comstock law against providing birth control or giving advice about it. Estelle Griswold was executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, who with Buxton, medical director for ...