The Comstock Act is a federal statute passed by Congress in 1873 under the name, "Act of the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use". The statute criminalized possession and distribution of information about or devices or medications for "unlawful" abortion or contraception. The act also banned the import of these materials from abroad. The punishment for violation of the act could include up to five years of imprisonment with manual labor and a fine of $2,000. Vestiges of the law endured in America until the 1990s.
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