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1965
No Longer Illegal to Use Contraception While Married

The Supreme Court case of Griswold vs. Connecticut overturned an 1879 law that prohibited the use of contraception within a marriage. It was found unconstitutional, based on the fact that it violated the "right to marital privacy."

A doctor claiming that use of contraception was sometimes necessary for the health and well being of the married couple had challenged the law four years earlier, but to little success.

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