How Is a 19th-Century Obscenity Law Being Used to Ban Reproductive Health Care?

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English - December 22, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.84 MB - ★★★★ - 1.6K ratings
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The Comstock Act was designed to criminalize anything considered indecent in the 1870s, from saucy personal letters to pamphlets about contraception. Learn how it's being revived today by anti-abortion activists in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/comstock-act.htm

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