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The Vs. Connecticut Case

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Does the Constitution explicitly state a right to privacy? This particular question was brought to the attention of the Supreme Court in 1965 during the Griswold vs. Connecticut case. This case involved Doctor Griswold giving birth control pills to a married couple in order to prevent conception. In Connecticut at this time the use of contraceptives was illegal since one was not to avoid conception. However, law of contraceptives was not strongly enforced against individuals. As a result of Doctor Griswold giving the couple contraceptives, he was helping them break the law. This case was also seen as illegal because it was supposedly going against the right of privacy and was taken to court in order to address the use of contraceptives and if prescribing contraceptives to married couples was legal. However the right of privacy is something that is not clearly stated in the Constitution. When this case was then taken to the Supreme Court, there were many justices that interpreted this case and some were for and against the ruling. Three of the justices were Justice Douglas, Justice Harlan and Justice Black. The three of these Justices had different methods of reasoning about the Constitution and how the Constitution should therefore be interpreted. As a result not all of the reasoning’s included the theory of natural law, and not all of their theories are necessarily plausible. I myself feel that Justice Douglas’s way of understanding the constitution is the most plausible

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