The Story of 'United States v. Margaret Sanger'
Paul Shechman discusses the story of birth control activist Margaret Sanger and the effects her life's work has on the law today.
August 23, 2024 at 09:00 AM
9 minute read
Constitutional LawOn Aug. 25, 1914, 110 years ago this week, Margaret Sanger was indicted in the Southern District of New York under the Comstock Act, which then prohibited the distribution through the mail of matter containing information about birth control. According to the government, Sanger had distributed "a certain obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy pamphlet…of an indecent character, contained then and there in a paper wrapper." The pamphlet was Sanger's magazine The Woman Rebel.
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