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Today is #ThxBirthControl Day!
Here’s a deep dive into the court cases that got us here: https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/11/18/have-you-thanked-birth-control-today/
Here’s a deep dive into the court cases that got us here: https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/11/18/have-you-thanked-birth-control-today/
There are a lot of people to thank for birth control: scientists and researchers who created it; advocates and legislators who fight for access; providers who walk patients through the process of finding the right option for them.
But what would be the point of birth control if it were illegal to use? That’s where the Supreme Court comes in.
Did you know that the laws governing single people’s access to birth control used to be different than the rules for married couples?
Did you know that the laws governing single people’s access to birth control used to be different than the rules for married couples?
You may have heard of Griswold v. Connecticut, the landmark birth control case. But the 1965 decision only made birth control legal for some people—MARRIED people.
It wasn’t until 1972, when the Court heard Eisenstadt v. Baird, that they ruled single people had a right to birth control.
That’s right—single people didn’t have the right to birth control until 7 years after married couples.
That’s right—single people didn’t have the right to birth control until 7 years after married couples.
Essentially the Supreme Court said: Hey if we’re letting married people get it on using contraception, we don’t really have a good reason to keep single people from doing that.
In the decades since Griswold and Eisenstadt, we’ve seen birth control access expanded and then attacked, in the courts and in Congress.
But one thing never changed: the importance of birth control for all who want and need it—to have the sex they want, the family they want, and the quality of life they want.
And for that we say, Thanks, birth control.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/11/18/have-you-thanked-birth-control-today/
And for that we say, Thanks, birth control.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/11/18/have-you-thanked-birth-control-today/
