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Carey v. Population Services International

United States Supreme Court

431 U.S. 678 (1977)

Constitutional Law
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A New York statute criminalized selling or distributing contraceptives to minors under age 16; a federal district court found the law unconstitutional as applied to nonprescription contraceptives and enjoined its enforcement, and the state appealed to the Supreme Court.

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Whether a blanket prohibition against distribution of contraceptives to minors is unconstitutional.

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