1. 142 In the course of an opinion holding that a state may not condition the right to appeal from a decision terminating a parent's rights on his or her ability to pay certain filing fees, 143 the Court stressed that "[c]hoices about marriage, family life, and the upbringing of children are among associational rights [that it] has ranked as "of basic importance in our society;contraception, 139 marriage, 140 and family relationships, 141 and has recognized a fundamental right to be free