Griswold v. Connecticut |
Estelle Griswold (Executive Director of Planned Parenthood of CT) v. State of
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was against the fundamental �right to privacy� � guaranteed by the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution � for the government to interfere with individuals who are making decisions about intimate, personal matters such as whether or not to have a child.This case is important because it was the first case that linked �right to privacy� with decisions about becoming a mother, abortions, birth control and everything else that falls under the umbrella of reproductive rights. Because it was a Supreme Court case, this also gave women all over the country the right to obtain birth control without governmental interference.
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