Question

The Warren Court ruled that a state law forbidding the sale of birth control was

A) unconstitutional because it violated the freedom of speech.
B) constitutional because it related to the right to religious freedom.
C) unconstitutional because it violated the right to privacy.
D) constitutional because health care is a service, not a right.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "C".

Griswold vs Connecticut was a legal case in 1965 where the US Supreme Court ruled that Comstock Law, which prohibited any person from the state of Connecticut to use "any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception, as unconstitutional. The court based its decision under the argument that this state law denied disadvantaged citizens access to medical assistance and updated information in regards to methods of birth control. The court also stated that this law violated "the right to marital privacy".