Supreme Court Case: Griswold Vs. Connecticut

Stare decisis is the principle that past decisions made by the judicial system are applied to similar issues within the jurisdiction. In the case Griswold V. Connecticut the initial ruling was over turned by the Supreme Court, finding that Connecticut’s Laws on birth control were unconstitutional. The defendants were initially charged with accessories in the assistance of preventing conception. The Supreme Court reversed this ruling because married couples have the right to privacy, in which, they have the right to seek medical assistance to prevent conception.
Roe V. Wade’s reversal was built on the precedent of Griswold V. Connecticut’s rights of privacy. The right for a person to have the privacy and the right for a person to do please