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BIGELOW v. VIRGINIA

No. 73-1309.

421 U.S. 809 (1975)

95 S.Ct. 2222

44 L.Ed.2d 600

BIGELOW v. VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin L. Wulf and John C. Lowe argued the cause for appellant. With them on the brief were Joel M. Gora, Judith Mears, and F. Guthrie Gordon III.

D. Patrick Lacy, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Andrew P. Miller, Attorney General, Anthony F. Troy, Deputy Attorney General, and Paul L. Gergoudis, Assistant Attorney General.*

MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

An advertisement carried in appellant's newspaper led to his conviction for a violation of a Virginia statute that made it a misdemeanor, by the sale or circulation of any publication, to encourage or prompt the procuring of an abortion. The issue here is whether the editor-appellant's First Amendment rights were unconstitutionally abridged by the statute. The First Amendment, of course, is applicable to the...

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