Tag: Anthony Comstock
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Crackpot Christian judge revives archaic Comstock Act to ban abortion pills
WHEN Anthony Comstock, above, went to war against “obscenity” and “immorality” in the late 19th century, he succeed in in getting a law passed that included criminalising the distribution of contraceptives. The Comstock Act of 1873 defined contraceptives as obscene and illicit, making it a federal offence to disseminate birth control through the mail or…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 