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Comstock Act passed, making it illegal to send "indecent" material through the mail.
Date: 1873
Laws/legislation/policy
Abortion
Reproductive health/reproductive rights
Medical system (Western medicine)
These materials include "writings or instruments pertaining to contraception and abortion, even if written by a physician" (Burnette).
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