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Committee releases proposed constitutional right to individual privacy amid mixed public comment
Summary
House Bill 14, a proposed amendment to entrench an individual right to privacy in the Delaware Constitution, was released from the House Administration Committee after a lengthy hearing featuring legal explanations, pro and con public testimony, and drafting clarifications from legislative counsel.
The House Administration Committee voted to release House Bill 14, which would add an explicit individual right to privacy to Article I of the Delaware Constitution.
Representative Blake, sponsor of the amendment, said the proposal would enshrine protections including the right to use birth control, to marry, to be a parent, and "the right to be left alone." He tied the proposal to the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court——s decision in Griswold v. Connecticut and said recent federal shifts in jurisprudence…
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