A slightly belated Happy Birthday to legalized contraception!

Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, which established constitutional privacy protection for married couples' use of contraception. The case paved the way for Supreme Court decisions
extending the right to use contraception to unmarried women in 1972, and expanding privacy rights to encompass abortion in 1973. More recently, the court relied on Griswold in deciding Lawrence v. Texas, which protects the right to consensual homosexual sex.

In other words, Tuesday was a major holiday for all supporters of reproductive rights. Yesterday's opinion pages were full of great commentary on the Griswold anniversary. Sorry I'm a day late on this one!

UPDATE: Check out Amanda's "Not-so-Happy Birthday" post at Pandagon and NARAL Pro-Choice America's new report, States of Denial: 40 Years After Griswold v.Connecticut, Privacy and Birth Control at Risk Once Again.