[Piers-the-Ploughman]

just a question if you have time...

Did Griswold outlaw use of contraceptives in the home or the sale of contraceptives? Maybe that's still too much for some but didn't the duly elected representatives vote that law into place? If the people's representatives voted for a law banning sale of contraceptives in CT, why is that bad--remember, this is supposedly how republican government works.

OTOH a law prohibiting their use in private home is effectively unenforceable

[AndyJackson]

The state of CT outlawed the sale of contraceptives in CT. Griswold overturned that law as a right to privacy issue. The problem is that it was a bad law, and was also unenforced in CT until Griswold made an issue of it.

The problem is that most people try to attack Griswold by claiming there is no Constitutional right to privacy, which makes most people uncomfortable. The real issue is, even if you have a right to privacy, so what?