In 1879, Connecticut passed a law that banned the use of any drug, medical device, or other instrument in furthering contracepti
on. A gynecologist at the Yale School of Medicine, C. Lee Buxton, opened a birth control clinic in New Haven in conjunction with Estelle Griswold, who was the head of Planned Parenthood in Connecticut. They were arrested and convicted of violating the law, and their convictions were affirmed by higher state courts. Their plan was to use the clinic to challenge the constitutionality of the statute
under the Fourteenth Amendment before the Supreme Court.
Explanation:
C. Lee Buxton and Estelle Griswold planned to use the clinic to challenge the constitutionality of the statute "under the Fourteenth Amendment before the Supreme Court."
This is evident in the fact that the Fourteenth Amendment state that "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
