Griswold

The Griswold case, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1965, was a landmark decision that recognized a constitutional right to privacy. The case involved a Connecticut law banning the use of contraception, which the Court deemed violated married couples’ rights to privacy in making personal decisions about family planning. The ruling established that individuals have a fundamental right to privacy in their private lives, even though this right is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution. This decision laid the foundation for future cases expanding personal privacy rights in areas like reproductive freedom.