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 The Little-Remembered Supreme Court Precedent That Could Protect IVF — and Abortion.
A half-century before Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that family life is off limits from government interference. Could that case provide a way to protect both IVF and abortion?
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 While Griswold v. Connecticut did not directly address IVF or abortion, it laid the groundwork for subsequent cases that expanded on the right to privacy and personal autonomy in matters of family life. One such case is Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States in 1973.