The Facts of Griswold v. Connecticut:
A Connecticut state law made the use of contraceptives a criminal offense. The director and medical director of the local Planned Parenthood were prosecuted and convicted under the law as violating the law by giving information, instruction and advice to married persons as to the means of preventing conception. The decision was upheld by the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court and affirmed by the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut. It was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.


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