Laws Relating to Sex, Pregnancy, and Infancy

Abstract

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS.Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave ® and Macmillan ® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-1-137-50518-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cusack, Carmen M., author.Laws relating to sex, pregnancy, and infancy : issues in criminal justice / Carmen M. Cusack.pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-137-50518-7 (hardcover : alk.

From Eugenicists to Family Planners: America’s Religious Promoters of Contraception

“…By the early 1930s, the campaign to legalize contraceptives was largely successful, culminating in the 1936 case United States v One Package of Japanese Pessaries. The decision of the case stated that distributing birth control, when recommended by a physician for preserving the health of a patient, was not a violation of the Comstock law that had previously prohibited the practice for its obscenity [11][12][13]. Though birth control products did not immediately become readily available to patients, the court's ruling allowed an easier and legal pathway to accessing birth control.…”