In the early 1950s, civil rights activist and feminist, Estelle T. Griswold along with, Yale professor, Charles Lee Buxton decided to open up a birth control clinic in an attempt to change the 1879 Connecticut law; which prohibited any person from using any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception.
First off, it was crucial for Griswold to ratify the law because contraceptives were the key to start a sexual revolution and a women’s liberation. Contraceptives allowed women to have sole control of their fertility; lowering the risk of unwanted motherhood and unwanted marriage. Not only does contraceptives help a women control their fertility, but her future as well. A woman is able to decide when to have …show more content…
The Amendments that were explored were the First Amendment, Third Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Ninth Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment. The First Amendment, deals with the prohibition of the federal government from limiting the freedom of speech. The Third Amendment, forbids the forcible entrance of military personnel into homes. The Fourth Amendment, secures citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government. The Fifth Amendment, protects citizens from self-incrimination in criminal and civil legal cases. The Ninth Amendment, expands the “rights” given to citizens. And the Fourteenth Amendment, protects citizens’ civil …show more content…
Connecticut decision marked the beginning of a Sexual Revolution. The decision sets forth the beginning of a new era. A new era in which contraceptives were seen as norms rather than immoral in American society. Seven years later after Griswold v. Connecticut, in the 1972 court case Eisenstadt v. Baird, the Supreme Court extended the right of the use of contraceptives to unmarried men and women as well. The Griswold v. Connecticut decision also helped lay the essence of much of the reproductive freedom currently allowed under the law. Not only did the decision assist the expansion of the right to control fertility, but also other liberties as well. The decision gave the American people willingness to fight to legalize other fundamental rights they believed should be controlled by them and not the government, such as, the right for women to vote, abortion, and same-sex
First off, it was crucial for Griswold to ratify the law because contraceptives were the key to start a sexual revolution and a women’s liberation. Contraceptives allowed women to have sole control of their fertility; lowering the risk of unwanted motherhood and unwanted marriage. Not only does contraceptives help a women control their fertility, but her future as well. A woman is able to decide when to have …show more content…
The Amendments that were explored were the First Amendment, Third Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Ninth Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment. The First Amendment, deals with the prohibition of the federal government from limiting the freedom of speech. The Third Amendment, forbids the forcible entrance of military personnel into homes. The Fourth Amendment, secures citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government. The Fifth Amendment, protects citizens from self-incrimination in criminal and civil legal cases. The Ninth Amendment, expands the “rights” given to citizens. And the Fourteenth Amendment, protects citizens’ civil …show more content…
Connecticut decision marked the beginning of a Sexual Revolution. The decision sets forth the beginning of a new era. A new era in which contraceptives were seen as norms rather than immoral in American society. Seven years later after Griswold v. Connecticut, in the 1972 court case Eisenstadt v. Baird, the Supreme Court extended the right of the use of contraceptives to unmarried men and women as well. The Griswold v. Connecticut decision also helped lay the essence of much of the reproductive freedom currently allowed under the law. Not only did the decision assist the expansion of the right to control fertility, but also other liberties as well. The decision gave the American people willingness to fight to legalize other fundamental rights they believed should be controlled by them and not the government, such as, the right for women to vote, abortion, and same-sex