Question

The 1965 and 1972 supreme court decisions that overthrew the ban on contraception in the united states were based on which constitutional right?

a. right to privacy
b. freedom of religion
c. freedom of expression
d. women's right to equal treatment
e. states' rights to govern in areas not reserved for the federal government

Answer 1

a. right to privacy

Griswold v. Connecticut was a Supreme Court case in 1965 that lifted the ban on birth control stating that it violated the right to marital privacy. In 1972 Eisenstadt v. Baird, gave the right to contraceptive to unmarried couples based on right to privacy.