Cierra Bryant
Blind Lady Justice
Picture found at:
"Chessbase News" www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1886 (acessed
April 6, 2007).
Lady Justice is an symbol that has come to represent the courts and the power of those courts. She is a goddess from Greek and Roman mythology, a protector or guardian of justice. This picture is in its essence a major role in in judicial actions, but also a symbol of women’s roles in history. That makes it a perfect picture to represent one of the many form of cases for women’s rights. From the 1920’s to the 1971’s there was conflicting cases that brought the issue of birth control to the Supreme Court doors. These was the first the Supreme Court had heard that linked reproduction to the amendment pertaining to the “right to privacy.” Congress had made law against people sending birth control through the mail or sell through inter state commerce, but they did not go to the extent of forbidding the use of birth control. Although Congress did not ban the use of birth control the state of Connecticut took their legislation one step further. They banned the use of birth control, it could not be sold or prescribed whether the person was married or not. It was the case of Griswold v. Connecticut that would change the states legislation. The ruling stated that is was acceptable for married people to use birth control. Only if the women were married could they use birth control prescribed or bought. Unmarried women were not allowed on the impression that it would cause higher rates of affairs and sex outside the marital status acceptable in society. Even if the birth control could help in health reason it was still banned of use by single women. It was not until the case of Eisenstadt v. Baird that the courts ruling would allow single women the use of birth control. This was one of the first cases that pushed the boundaries of the privacy of the people and what the government could regulate. The people had a right to decide their own choice in lifestyle without having their sex life dictated by government policies. In the end the court rulings allowed the “right to privacy” to be granted to women, but in later years new topics would come to rise, like abortion that would bring the government to new arguments.
Cushman, Clare. "Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights." A Division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.: Washington, D.C., 2001.
Blind Lady Justice
Picture found at:
"Chessbase News" www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1886 (acessed
April 6, 2007).
Lady Justice is an symbol that has come to represent the courts and the power of those courts. She is a goddess from Greek and Roman mythology, a protector or guardian of justice. This picture is in its essence a major role in in judicial actions, but also a symbol of women’s roles in history. That makes it a perfect picture to represent one of the many form of cases for women’s rights. From the 1920’s to the 1971’s there was conflicting cases that brought the issue of birth control to the Supreme Court doors. These was the first the Supreme Court had heard that linked reproduction to the amendment pertaining to the “right to privacy.” Congress had made law against people sending birth control through the mail or sell through inter state commerce, but they did not go to the extent of forbidding the use of birth control. Although Congress did not ban the use of birth control the state of Connecticut took their legislation one step further. They banned the use of birth control, it could not be sold or prescribed whether the person was married or not. It was the case of Griswold v. Connecticut that would change the states legislation. The ruling stated that is was acceptable for married people to use birth control. Only if the women were married could they use birth control prescribed or bought. Unmarried women were not allowed on the impression that it would cause higher rates of affairs and sex outside the marital status acceptable in society. Even if the birth control could help in health reason it was still banned of use by single women. It was not until the case of Eisenstadt v. Baird that the courts ruling would allow single women the use of birth control. This was one of the first cases that pushed the boundaries of the privacy of the people and what the government could regulate. The people had a right to decide their own choice in lifestyle without having their sex life dictated by government policies. In the end the court rulings allowed the “right to privacy” to be granted to women, but in later years new topics would come to rise, like abortion that would bring the government to new arguments.
Cushman, Clare. "Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights." A Division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.: Washington, D.C., 2001.