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

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

BrainStuff

December 22, 20237m 24s

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Show Notes

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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