Court cases

US Supreme Court upholds §2252A(a)(3)(B) prohibiting offering or soliciting "any material or purported material in a manner that reflects the belief, or that is intended to cause another to believe that the material is illegal child pornography." (http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2007/2007_06_694/)

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The Polk County District Court decision that ruled that Iowa's state law restricting marriage to opposite-sex couples was unconstitutional. Related documents are also listed on the page.http://www.lambdalegal.org/our-work/in-court/cases/varnum.html

In 1972 the US Supreme Court decides that laws criminalizing the distribution of contraception to unmarried people are unconstitutional. http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_17/

In 1965 the US Supreme Court finds that laws prohibiting the distribution of contraception to married people violates people's rights to privacy. http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_496/

Gonzales v. Carhart was decided by the US Supreme Court in 2007 and represents the first time that the US Supreme Court has allowed a state law criminalizing an abortion procedure. (Click here for sexinthepublicsquare.wordpress.com posts discussing the case.) http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2006/2006_05_380/

Roe v. Wade was decided by the US Supreme Court in 1973 and declared unconstitutional state laws that criminalized abortion before fetal viability.http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_18/

Loving v. Virginia was decided by the US Supreme Court in 1967, and it declared unconstitutional state laws making interracial marriage illegal.http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1966/1966_395/