Birth control laws : $b shall we keep them, change them, or abolish themDennett, Mary Ware
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Birth control laws : $b shall we keep them, change them, or abolish them
Dennett, Mary Ware
Birth control; Birth control -- Law and legislation -- United States
“SEC. 211. Every obscene, lewd, or lascivious and filthy book,
pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other
publication of an indecent character; and every article or thing
designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion, or for any
indecent or immoral use; and every article, instrument, substance,
drug, medicine, or thing which is advertised or described in a manner
calculated to lead another to use or apply it for producing abortion,
or for any indecent or immoral purpose; and every written or printed
card, letter, circular, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of
any kind giving information, directly or indirectly, where or how or
from whom or by what means any of the hereinbefore-mentioned matters,
articles, or things may be obtained or made, or where or by whom
any act or operation of any kind for the procuring or producing of
abortion will be done or performed, or how or by what means abortion
may be produced, whether sealed or unsealed; and every letter,
packet, or package, or other mail matter containing any filthy, vile,
or indecent thing, device, or substance; and every paper, writing,
advertisement, or representation that any article, instrument,
substance, drug, medicine, or thing may or can be used or applied
for producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral purpose; and
every description calculated to induce or incite a person to so use
or apply any such article, instrument, substance, drug, medicine,
or thing is hereby declared to be non-mailable matter and shall not
be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by
any letter carrier. Whoever shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be
deposited for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section
to be non-mailable, or shall knowingly take, or cause the same to be
taken, from the mails for the purpose of circulating or disposing
thereof, or of aiding in the circulation or disposition thereof,
shall be fined not more than $5000, or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both. And the term “indecent” within the intendment of this
section shall include matter of a character tending to incite arson,
murder, or assassination.”
SEC. 3. That section 245 of the Criminal Code be amended to read as
follows:
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