With Roe v. Wade on the chopping block, Republicans have increasingly been speaking up about other Supreme Court cases they dont like. After all, with conservatives possessing a 6-3 majority, why not make a wish list?

One of the cases thats coming up is Griswold v. Connecticut, the 1965 decision that said married couples have a right to contraception access. It struck down a Connecticut law that outlawed the use of birth control devices.

Griswold was a landmark case, ruling against Connecticut on the basis of a married couples right to privacy. It set the stage for future decisions ensuring contraception access for unmarried couples, same-sex marriage rights and, of course, abortion access in Roe v. Wade.

Many Republicans abhor Griswold precisely because it is the foundation for so many other decisions.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) recently said it was constitutionally unsound . Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters campaign website said he would only support judges who understand that Roe and Griswold and Casey were wrongly decided , and that there is no constitutional right to abortion.

In February, Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Jeff Bartos called Griswold a terrible decision . That same month, Matt DePerno, the Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, said, Listen, all these cases that deal Griswold, Roe v. Wade, Dobbs these are all state right issues. ... Its going to be a state right issue on all of these things as it should be!

Masters has clarified that he does not favor banning contraceptives .

But if Republicans get what they want an overturning of Griswold it would kick the issue back to the states and open the door to restrictions or bans on birth control methods, because there would be no federal guarantee of access.

Griswold will not be overturned imminently. Even Amy Coney Barrett admitted as much during her confirmation hearings in 2020, saying, I think that Griswold is very, very, very, very, very, very unlikely to go anywhere .

But that doesnt mean its impossible. After all, very few people believed Roe would be overturned too.