Section 5.7 Personal Freedoms

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2. (§5.7) Personal Freedoms

Freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life is one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pierce v. Soc’y of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925); Meyer v. State of Neb., 262 U.S. 390 (1923). In Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, 414 U.S. 632 (1974), the United States Supreme Court held that a teacher has a right to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into decisions about whether to have a child. Id. at...