This has been used in conjunction with the penumbras of the Bill of Rights. This is one of the basis of the decision in Roe v. Wade, Griswold v. Connecticut, Moore v. City of East Cleveland and Lawrence v. Texas. In Moore v. City of East Cleveland Justice Powell stated “This court has long recognized the freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family is one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” (1375) Justice Kennedy in the Lawrence v. Texas case ruled against Texas citing previous cases such as Griswold v. Connecticut which protected a right to privacy. He also used Eisenstadt v. Baird which used the Fourteenth Amendments Equal Protection Clause which prohibited laws that impaired the exercise of personal
This has been used in conjunction with the penumbras of the Bill of Rights. This is one of the basis of the decision in Roe v. Wade, Griswold v. Connecticut, Moore v. City of East Cleveland and Lawrence v. Texas. In Moore v. City of East Cleveland Justice Powell stated “This court has long recognized the freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family is one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” (1375) Justice Kennedy in the Lawrence v. Texas case ruled against Texas citing previous cases such as Griswold v. Connecticut which protected a right to privacy. He also used Eisenstadt v. Baird which used the Fourteenth Amendments Equal Protection Clause which prohibited laws that impaired the exercise of personal