In this case, Poe et al. sued the state of Connecticut for a law (related to the Comstock Act of 1873) that prohibited the advertisement and distribution of contraceptives. The Court held that the Connecticut law violated the Due Process Clause of…
In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the Comstock Act of 1873 and Tariff Act of 1930 could not be used to intercept contraceptive shipments that had been ordered by doctors, legalizing the import and…
This Supreme Court case overturned a Massachusetts law that forbade unmarried people from accessing contraceptive devices and medicines. The ruling extended the right to privacy from Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), expanding it to unmarried persons.
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled against an 1879 Connecticut law banning the use of all contraceptives. The court ruled that the Constitution protects the right to privacy within a marriage through the due process clause of the Fourteenth…
This Act criminalized the mailing, importing, and print distribution via the United States Postal Service of all "obscene materials" for "immoral use," including any materials relating to sex, sexuality, contraception, or abortion.