Griswold Vs Connecticut Case Analysis

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Griswold vs. Connecticut came before the Court in March of 1965 and was decided in June of 1965. This case involved a Connecticut “Comstock Law” and was about a right to privacy. Griswold, Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, and Dr. Buxton, a physician, were charged with giving information, medical advice, and instruction to married persons on how to prevent conception. This violated the Comstock law that prohibited any persons from using “any drug, medicinal article, or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception”. The Supreme Court invalidated the law on the grounds that violated the “right to marital privacy”. Though the Bill of Rights does not plainly mention “privacy” and Justice Douglas wrote the

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