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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:United_States_Postal_Service
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Censorship_in_the_United_States
Obscenity law
History of birth control in the United States
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gptkbp:challenge
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gptkb:Planned_Parenthood
gptkb:Margaret_Sanger
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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1873
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Comstock laws
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gptkbp:influenced
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birth control movement in the United States
censorship laws in the United States
state laws on obscenity
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Anthony_Comstock
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gptkbp:penalty
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imprisonment
fines
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gptkbp:purpose
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prohibit distribution of abortifacients
prohibit distribution of contraceptives
prohibit distribution of obscene materials
prohibit distribution of sex toys
prohibit distribution of personal letters with sexual content
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:Griswold_v._Connecticut
gptkb:United_States_v._One_Package_of_Japanese_Pessaries
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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subsequent federal legislation
1971 Supreme Court decisions
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gptkbp:status
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partially repealed
partially unenforced
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Anthony_Comstock
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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