Author: Harry A. Blackmun

Quotes

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.

- Harry A. Blackmun

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.

- Harry A. Blackmun

I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

- Harry A. Blackmun

The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.

The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.

- Harry A. Blackmun

What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations.

What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations.

- Harry A. Blackmun

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