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This 7 page paper considers the patterns and movement seen in the Superior Court division of the 1960’s and 1970’s concerning women’s rights. The paper reviews several cases concerning issues such as contraception, abortion and discrimination. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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treatment with men, is taken for granted. However, the path to gaining these rights has been difficult, with the legal system lagging and often reluctant to deal with issues
that were controversial, adopting a more protective approach to the issues following rather than leading social attitudes, with the requirement for the legislature to lead the way with the judiciary
following. This can be seen by looking at the way some cases concerning issues related to womens rights and the Supreme court in the 1960s and 1970s. The reluctance of
the court to take accounts that would change womens rights though impetrations of the laws, when not lead by changes in the legislation is well document, an early case Minor
v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162, 22 L. Ed. 627 (1875), the supreme court rejected a women right to vote, stating that the constitution did not give any person the right
of suffrage, relying on the specific exclusions of state constitutions and past decisions to justify the ongoing exclusion of women. Over time there were different cases concerning issues related
to womens rights, prior to the 1960s and the social acceleration of priorities that had gained pace since the end of the Second World War, the ongoing reluctance was seen,
in the case of Tileston v Ullman 318 US 44 (1943) a doctor brought a case on behalf of his patients due to the statue in Connecticut banning contraception, the
Supreme court refused to hear the case on the basis of lack of standing. This was dealt with in the case of Poe v Ullman 367 US 497 (1961), although
this case made it to the supreme court, as it was bought by the same doctor against the same Connecticut laws, it was dismissed as not being ripe; the plaintiffs
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