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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I believe it was one of the 19th Century Comstock laws. At the time they heavily targeted condoms; the pill and other medical forms of birth control weren't yet available. The act was likely amended over the years to add new forms of birth control.
The Comstock laws were part of a broad "social hygiene" push in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century that included prohibition and other legislation focused on "morals". They were heavily pushed by preachers and doctors. Interestingly, the first big push back on them came from the military, which included condoms in soldier's kits during WWI to avoid having a large influx of Franco-American babies after the war.
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Thanks. BTW once Less told me what to look for I found something that said Mass had a parallel law.
