C. Lee Buxton
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C. Lee Buxton was a Yale physician and reproductive rights advocate who served as a key plaintiff challenging Connecticut’s ban on contraceptives in the landmark Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut.
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| C. Lee Buxton canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
person
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physician ⓘ reproductive rights advocate ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | legal access to contraceptives for married couples ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Estelle Griswold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale School of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Yale School of Medicine
NERFINISHED
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Yale University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
gynecology
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obstetrics ⓘ reproductive health ⓘ |
| influenced |
constitutional right to marital privacy in the United States
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later reproductive rights jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for married couples’ access to birth control
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challenging Connecticut’s anti-contraception law ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalCase | Griswold v. Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
birth control movement in the United States
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reproductive rights movement ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Griswold v. Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | legal challenge to Connecticut’s ban on contraceptives ⓘ |
| occupation |
gynecologist
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physician ⓘ |
| opposed | Connecticut Comstock law banning contraceptives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale School of Medicine ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | plaintiff in Griswold v. Connecticut ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantCourtDecisionInvolvingSubject | 1965 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Griswold v. Connecticut ⓘ |
| workLocation | New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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