‘The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick' is a gripping study of the US fight for gay rights
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American legal scholars usually speak about privacy as an implied right that evolved from the idea of personal liberty. But privacy is not specifically mentioned in the US constitution.
Nevertheless, the US Supreme Court first recognised a constitutional right to privacy in the mid-1960s. For the next decade a liberal atmosphere prevailed in the Supreme Court. In Roe v Wade (1973), the court found that since privacy rights included the right to have an abortion, sexual activity was a private matter.
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