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  2. 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 .

  3. Griswold v. Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Less than two days after the fact, police officers arrived, to which Griswold explained in detail both the operations of the clinic and openly admitted to breaking state law. A week later, the detectives arrived with arrest warrants. [11] Griswold and Buxton were arrested, tried in a one-day bench trial, [11] found guilty, and fined $100 each. [12]

  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. Abortion Opponents Are Also Threatening Birth Control Access

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    It wasn’t until Estelle Griswold, then the executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, and Dr. C. Lee Buxton opened a birth-control clinic in well-advertised violation of ...

  6. Supreme Court rules for ex-council member in Texas arrested ...

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    Gonzalez, who was 72 at the time, was arrested in 2019 soon after taking office as a council member in Castle Hills, Texas. She had run for election as a critic of the city manager.

  7. U.S. Supreme Court sides with Texas woman who claims ... - AOL

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    U.S. Supreme Court sides with Texas woman who claims she was arrested out of political retribution. Isaac Yu. June 20, 2024 at 3:54 PM. The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on Nov ...

  8. November 1961 - Wikipedia

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    Connecticut began nine days after Estelle Griswold of the Planned Parenthood League and Dr. C. Lee Buxton opened a clinic in New Haven, providing the means for birth control to patrons, in defiance of a Connecticut state law prohibiting the use of "any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception". Ms.

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