Carey v. Population Services International

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Carey v. Population Services International is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended constitutional protections for access to contraceptives, particularly for minors, under the right to privacy.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
reproductive rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil liberties ⓘ
public health regulation ⓘ
reproductive health ⓘ
arguedDate 1976-10-04 ⓘ
citation 431 U.S. 678 ⓘ
concurrenceBy John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
decidedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1977-06-09 ⓘ
defendant Hugh L. Carey ⓘ
defendantOffice Governor of New York ⓘ
dissentBy Byron R. White ⓘ
Warren E. Burger ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber 75-1151 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United States ⓘ
holding A New York law restricting distribution of contraceptives to minors and limiting who could distribute contraceptives was unconstitutional. ⓘ
Restrictions on advertising and display of contraceptives violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. ⓘ
The right to privacy in decisions about contraception extends to minors as well as adults. ⓘ
The state may not impose blanket prohibitions on the distribution of nonprescription contraceptives to persons under 16. ⓘ
impact Affirmed that minors possess constitutional privacy rights in matters of contraception. ⓘ
Expanded constitutional protection for access to contraceptives. ⓘ
Limited state power to regulate contraceptive distribution and advertising. ⓘ
issue Whether a state may ban advertising and display of contraceptives. ⓘ
Whether a state may limit the distribution of contraceptives to licensed pharmacists. ⓘ
Whether a state may restrict the sale and distribution of contraceptives to minors. ⓘ
joinedByInMajority John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
legalSubject contraception ⓘ
equal protection ⓘ
minors' rights ⓘ
right to privacy ⓘ
substantive due process ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
originatingCourt United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports 678 ⓘ
plaintiff Population Services International ⓘ
rearguedDate 1977-01-10 ⓘ
relatedToPrecedent Eisenstadt v. Baird ⓘ
Griswold v. Connecticut ⓘ
Roe v. Wade ⓘ
stateLawChallenged New York statute regulating distribution and advertising of contraceptives ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports 431 ⓘ

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Griswold v. Connecticut → impactOnLaterCase → Carey v. Population Services International ⓘ
Eisenstadt v. Baird → subsequentCitationIn → Carey v. Population Services International ⓘ