People ex rel. Barone v. Fox

Hpon the theory of discrimination between men and women, the attack upon the constitutionality of this statute (Laws of 1910, chap. 059, § 79) is not well fotmded. It is unquestionably an enactment having for its aim the safeguarding of the health of the inhabitants of the State, and the matter is fully within the police power. Ground of argument is not lacking that the danger from the spread of disease by women of the class in question is greater than the danger existing from the disease in the *401case of men, and that the present regulation is necessitated a's a step distinct in its nature…