Griswold v. Connecticut decision upholds the rights of Planned Parenthood.
June 7, 1965
Supreme Court, by a 7 to 2 margin, strikes down a Connecticut law used to prohibit a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven from providing contraceptives to married couples. the court recognizes a constitutional “right to privacy” that is later used in the landmark Roe v. Wade case in 1973.*
Sources
- Boston Globe