Bigelow v. Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1975-06-16

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Mr. Justice Buackmun delivered the opinion of the Court. An advertisement carried in appellant’s newspaper led to his conviction for a violation of a Virginia statute that made it a misdemeanor, by the sale or circulation of any publication, to encourage or prompt the procuring of an abortion. The issue here is whether the editor-appellant’s First Amendment rights were unconstitutionally abridged by the statute…

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