Connecticut, which challenged the Connecticut state law prohibiting the use of “any drug, medical article, or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception (Legal Dictionary, 2012). » This case began with Estelle Griswold, who was executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, and Dr. Charles Buxton, opened a birth control clinic in New Haven, Connecticut. Both men were arrested, tried and found guilty of offering services that prevented contraception, and fined. Estelle Griswold appealed this case, which was upheld by both the Court of Appeals and the Connecticut Supreme Court. The case then went to the United States Supreme Court, where Griswold argued that the state law prohibiting the use of contraceptives violated Article 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides that “no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…or deny to any person the equal protection of the laws ((Legal Dictionary, 2012).” “State Supreme Court United then ruled that Connecticut's law was unconstitutional and violated the "right to privacy," in a 7-2 decision, which noted that although the Bill of Rights does not specifically mention "privacy ", it is inherent and implicit.