Friday marked the 59th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Griswold v. Connecticut that confirmed the right for married people to use birth control. This decision established the right of privacy, which led to later court rulings on the right of unmarried people using contraception without government interference.
[[{“value”:”Friday marked the 59- year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, the case that confirmed the right of engaged people to use contraception.
That decision established the right to privacy, which gave rise to after court decisions on the right for young people to use contraception without government interference, the right to abortion ( which was, of course, overruled by the Dobbs decision ), and other rights, including similar- sex marriage.
But today, almost six decades later, access to birth control, and many of the other rights that it helped establish, are under threat from the GOP—despite the fact that 90 percent of American women have used contraception. In the 2022 Dobbs decision, Justice Clarence Thomas made clear that to some in the GOP, a birth- control- less future is the goal: In his concurring opinion, he called for the court to “reconsider” Griswold, all but saying that they should revoke no just the right to contraception, but also the rights to marriage equality, and close intimate relationships, all of which he called “demonstrably erroneous”.
Under the second term of a Trump presidency, this reality could very well come to pass—and the GOP is presently laying the groundwork.
Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would have protected access to contraception at the provincial level only two days before the Griswold anniversary this week. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (R-N) questions the purpose of the vote. Y. In order for the American people to see for themselves who will stand up for their important liberties, the chamber was to “put reproductive freedoms front and center before this chamber.” President Biden called the Republicans ‘ opposition to the bill “unacceptable”. Republicans mostly dismissed the effort as metaphorical, with some saying the bill was unnecessary because contraception is now widely available.
Democrats pleaded with differing in response to a report on a local television station interview Trump gave next month that some thought he would consider putting restrictions on access to contraception in place. According to Trump,” things really do have a lot to do with the states, and some states will have different policies than others,” before stating for the next time that he would release” a very extensive policy” on it. Trump immediately reversed his position on Truth Social after the outcry over his remarks, saying he would never “never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control.”
Despite what Trump says, some Republicans have different plans. According to Project 2025, an initiative spearheaded by dozens of traditional groups and spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation, the Department of Justice should apply the Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-obscenity law, to outlaw the mailing of abortion pills. According to major abortionist and law professor Mary Ziegler, Comstock could be used to outlaw gender-affirming care and contraception if it is enforced.
” Contraceptives, I think, would be on the table, because we know that a lot of abortion opponents believe that at least IUDs, the birth control pill, and the morning- after pill are abortifacients”, Ziegler told me again in April. In fact, the CEO of the anti-abortion American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists stated at a Senate hearing focused on the fallout of Dobbs that she believes IUDs and emergency contraception are abortifacients only this week. ( They are not. )
But even without Comstock, access to contraception is not equally applicable to everyone who needs or wants it, according to barriers including misinformation and lack of sex education, limiting legal rulings and policies, the cost, and lack of health insurance. Additionally, research from the Guttmacher Institute, a policy and advocacy organization for abortion rights, has found that more people have encountered obstacles to accessing contraception since Dobbs. Next year, the FDA approved the first over- the- counter birth control, called Opill, and it hit shelves earlier this year, but the cost —$ 19.99 for a monthly supply, or$ 49.99 for a three- month supply—could be a barrier for some.
But, as the National Women’s Law Center wrote in a post on X on Friday, the day of the Griswold anniversary:” Today is a reminder of how important access to birth control is—but even that it’s in danger”.”}]] Friday marked the 59- year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, the case that confirmed the right of engaged people to use contraception. The right to privacy was established in that decision, which eventually led to court decisions allowing young people to use contraception without fear of government interference.
Friday marked the 59th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Griswold v. Connecticut that confirmed the right for married people to use birth control. This decision established the right of privacy, which led to later court rulings on the right of unmarried people using contraception without government interference.
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