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jenw2

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7. He was born before Griswold v. Connecticut

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:07 PM

Nov 2012

so she may have not had the right at that time to do so.

Most people forget that it wasn't that long ago that states like Connecticut made contraceptives illegal.

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