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The Comstock Act of 1873, along with a series of state laws implemented soon after, made it illegal to distribute any materials deemed obscene, including birth control and educational material about contraception. States were outlawing abortion, which until then had been legal under some circumstances; by 1880, the procedure was mostly prohibited, except to save the life of the woman.

Rebecca Traister

The Comstock Act of 1873, along with a series of state laws implemented soon after, made it illegal to distribute any materials deemed obscene, including birth control and educational material about contraception. States were outlawing abortion, which until then had been legal under some circumstances; by 1880, the procedure was mostly prohibited, except to save the life of the woman.

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About Rebecca Traister

Rebecca Traister (born 1975) is an American author and journalist. Traister is a writer-at-large for New York magazine and its website The Cut, and a contributing editor at Elle magazine. Traister wrote for The New Republic from February 2014 through June 2015.