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New York state court affirms the right of doctors to prescribe birth control to their patients.

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United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries focuses on a case of diaphragms made by a Japanese company. It becomes the first case to challenge the Comstock laws and affirm the right of doctors to distribute contraception.