The Supreme Court on June 7 1965 abolished Connecticut state laws that made it illegal for married couples to use birth control.
The Supreme Court affirmed that the prohibition of the use of contraceptives by state of Connecticut violates the right of marital privacy. The case involved a Connecticut law that criminalizes the use of birth control among married couples.
This court decision paved way for married couples to use their discretion as to whether to use contraceptives in their marriages or not. In fact the abolishment brought social changes; it gives woman the liberty to control their fertility, there was an improvement in maternal and infant health, infant death rate significantly decreased, and woman has freedom to aspires to achieve anything they wishes.
Pregnancy spacing has really helped to improve maternal, family and infant health, also since the abolishment of the law there have been a significant decline in unwanted births. This decline is better because unwanted births are major causes of lack of parental care or child abuse. Mistimed birth also decreases.
Women access to contraceptives and being to control child births allow them to make better choice about life such as education and employment. Financed contraceptive programs have enhanced the capacity of low income women to control births.
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