Griswold V. Connecticut: Article Analysis

Privacy rights is an issue that dates back to the nineteen hundreds. Even though there is a disagreement where the right of privacy is specifically stated in the constitution, Supreme Court justices have agreed that the right to privacy does exist. One major concern regarding the right to privacy is the issue of consensual adult women having the ability to freely use contraceptives without government intrusion. The use to freely use contraceptives was a major issue from 1873 when the Comstock Law of 1873 originated making it illegal to sell or promote anything that dealt with contraception or abortion etc. This paper will discuss three articles that brings light to the privacy concerns about using contraceptives. These three articles focus on the fundamental rights people are entitled to regarding the privacy of their personal lives. …show more content…
Connecticut and the Unenumerated Right of Privacy by David Helscher it discusses the issues about the Griswold v. Connecticut case. The main issues focuses on the unenumerated right of privacy retained by the people through the ninth amendment and the Bill of Rights. The concern made apparent in this article about the enumerated right of privacy is that, when the Bill of Rights were submitted for ratification there was a lack of Bill of Rights. People that were for and against the Bill of Rights feared that enumerating too little or too much privacy was going to result in negative outcomes. Before Griswold v. Connecticut the right to privacy was based on common tort, or personal injury action which provided for civil relief and remedies for intrusion upon an individual. However, from 1950-1965 the term intrusion was interpreted into four