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Comstock Laws

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:57 pm
by Mr. P
Quote:Comstock Law From Jone Johnson Lewis,Your Guide to Women's History.FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! History of the Comstock Law"Act for the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles for Immoral Use" The Comstock Law, passed in the United States in 1873, was part of a campaign for legislating public morality in the United States. As its full title (above) implies, the Comstock Law was meant to stop trade in "obscene literature" and "immoral articles." In reality, the Comstock Law was targeted not only at obscenity and "dirty books" but at birth control devices and information on such devices, at abortion, and at information on sexuality and on sexually transmitted diseases. The Comstock Law was widely used to prosecute those who distributed information or devices for birth control. In 1938, in a case involving Margaret Sanger, Judge August Hand lifted the federal ban on birth control, effectively ending use of the Comstock Law to target birth control information and devices. Mr. P. The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.The pain in hell has two sides. The kind you can touch with your hand; the kind you can feel in your heart...Scorsese's "Mean Streets"I came to kick ass and chew Bubble Gum...and I am all out of Bubble Gum - They Live, Roddy Piper