In 1879, Connecticut passed a law barring the use of “any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception”; the penalty was“not less than fifty dollars” or between 60 days and one year in prison. And the state legislature also made it a crime to aid or abet such activity.
Originally published in the New York State Bar Association Journal, Vol. 89, No. 8 - October 2017.
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