“Backward Step”, 1986 | Records of Rights

This Supreme Court decision represents a backward step from some of the most basic ideals of America: diversity of thought and action, and the right to privacy.

“Backward Step” 1986

Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights sent this letter to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the Bowers decision denies gay men and women the right to private expression and undermines Americans’ right to privacy.

National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States