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In reply to the discussion: Societies that ban Porn treat women really well [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The right to privacy -that the government has no justification in regulating certain aspects of one's personal life is the legal doctrine that knits together Griswold v. Connecticut (striking down bans on provision of contraception to married couples) Loving v. Virginia (striking down miscegnation laws), Eisenstadt v. Baird (striking down laws prohibiting distribution of contaceptives to single persons), and Roe v. Wade. Sexually explicit materials are also covered by the First Amendment, and the right to possess and view them is also a matter that absolutely implicates the right to privacy.
The underlying justification is the same. One cannot remove the right to privacy as it relates to porn without undermining the rationale of Griswold, Loving, Baird and Roe. Dilute or undermine that principle and I can guaran-damn-tee you that you can kiss all of those cases but Loving goodbye within ten years.