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Birth control laws

Birth control laws

by Mary Ware Dennett

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Author
Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947
Title
Birth control laws : shall we keep them, change them, or abolish them
Original Publication
New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1926.
Credits
Charlene Taylor, Chris Miceli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
KF: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: United States
Subject
Birth control -- Law and legislation -- United States
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76901
Release Date
September 20, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.BIRTH CONTROL LAWS SHALL WE KEEP THEM CHANGE THEM OR ABOLISH THEM
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.PART ONE WHAT SORT OF LAWS HAVE WE NOW?
  7. 7.Chapter I THE SITUATION
  8. 8.Chapter II HOW IT HAPPENED
  9. 9.Chapter III IS ENFORCEMENT POSSIBLE?
  10. 10.PART TWO WHAT CHANGES IN THE LAW HAVE BEEN PROPOSED?
  11. 11.Chapter I THE TWO FIRST FEDERAL EFFORTS
  12. 12.Chapter II BEATING AROUND THE BUSH WITH STATE LEGISLATION
  13. 13.Chapter III GOING TO THE POINT WITH A FEDERAL BILL
  14. 14.Chapter IV THE HEARINGS ON THE CUMMINS-VAILE BILL AND THE AFTERMATH
  15. 15.Chapter V WHY CONGRESS HAS BEEN SO SLOW
  16. 16.Chapter VI A “DOCTORS ONLY” FEDERAL BILL
  17. 17.PART III WHAT SORT OF LAWS DO THE PEOPLE REALLY WANT?
  18. 18.Chapter I DO PHYSICIANS WANT A “DOCTORS ONLY” BILL?
  19. 19.Chapter II WHAT DO THE PEOPLE WANT?
  20. 20.Chapter III CAN THE PEOPLE GET WHAT THEY WANT?
  21. 21.APPENDICES
  22. 22.APPENDIX NO. 1 The Scope of the Various State Laws Is Given in the Following Compilation
  23. 23.APPENDIX No. 2
  24. 24.APPENDIX NO. 3 The Annual Report of the Illinois League
  25. 25.APPENDIX NO. 4 Sentences of Birth Control Advocates
  26. 26.APPENDIX NO. 5 Amendments to Federal and New York Law Proposed in 1915 by the National Birth Control League
  27. 27.APPENDIX NO. 6 Bill Introduced in New York Legislature in 1923
  28. 28.APPENDIX NO. 7 The Connecticut Law and the Amendment Proposed by the American Birth Control League
  29. 29.APPENDIX NO. 8 NEW JERSEY LAW AND Amendment Proposed by the American Birth Control League
  30. 30.APPENDIX NO. 9 CALIFORNIA LAW AND Amendment Introduced in 1917 by Senator Chamberlain and Assemblyman Wishard
  31. 31.APPENDIX NO. 10 Indications of Opposition of Birth Control Advocates to Removing Ban on Contraceptive Information from Federal Obscenity Laws
  32. 32.APPENDIX NO. 11
  33. 33.APPENDIX NO. 12 Condensed Chronological Story of the Federal Bill to Remove the Ban on Contraceptive Knowledge from the Obscenity Laws
  34. 34.APPENDIX NO. 13 Senators Borah and Stanley Argued before the Judiciary Committee in 1921 for the Principles on Which the Cummins-Vaile Bill Is Based, but Regarding Another Bill
  35. 35.APPENDIX NO. 14 Sections of the Food and Drug Act Which Are Pertinent to Materials Used for the Prevention of Conception
  36. 36.APPENDIX NO. 15 Freedom of Access to Knowledge of Their Own Choosing Denied to Catholics by Oregon School Law, and Seriously Threatened in Other States — FOOTNOTES:

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