Birth Control Battles: The Theocrats’ Long War On Contraceptive Access

Yesterday marked the 51st anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, a landmark Supreme Court decision that broadened access to contraception. In a 7-2 decision, the nation’s highest court found that the Connecticut Comstock Act of 1879, which banned contraceptives, violated the Fourteenth Amendment right to privacy.

Griswold unquestionably advanced women’s rights, but religious freedom advocates should also consider it an important victory. Connecticut’s birth control ban had deep roots in fundamentalist opposition to contraception and abortion rights. Look no further than its namesake for evidence.....
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