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Jan. 6, 1916 : Fugitive birth control advocate Margaret Sanger has returned to the U.S., and today announced she was prepared to face the Federal charges pending against her.
She was indicted in 1914 on multiple counts of "mailing improper material," specifically, copies of her magazine, "The Woman Rebel," which contained an article o...n birth control. The dissemination of information on this subject by any means is illegal in New York State, and becomes a Federal crime if done through the mails under the provisions of the Comstock Act of 1873.
William Sanger, her husband, was convicted four months ago of violating New York's Criminal Code after being tricked into giving one of his wife's pamphlets on birth control to a man who was an agent of Anthony Comstock. In that case, a Mr. Bamberger came to Mr. Sanger on Dec. 19, 1914, pretending to be "Mr. Haller," an advocate of birth control, and a friend of Margaret Sanger, who was then in Europe. He repeatedly pleaded for a copy of "Family Limitation." Sanger looked through his wife's effects, finally found a copy, and gave it to Bamberger - refusing any compensation for the material.
William Sanger was later arrested, tried and convicted for this "offense." During his trial in New York's Court of Special Sessions, the three-judge panel read the pamphlet in question, then Justice McInerney called it "both immoral and indecent," branded Sanger a "menace to society," and then noted - in his personal opinion - that "If some of the women who are going around and advocating equal suffrage would go around and advocate women having children they would do a greater service." Though Justice McInerney favored imposing a prison sentence, he was apparently overruled by the other two judges, and upon conviction Mr. Sanger was given a $ 150 fine or 30 days in City Jail. But when Sanger refused to pay the fine Justice McInerney got his wish and sent the prisoner off to jail amid a storm of protest from Sanger's courtroom supporters.
Meanwhile, a petition in support of Margaret Sanger and her work has been sent to President Wilson signed by a number of prominent Americans, among them H. G. Wells. As a result of this petition an investigation of her case has been started in Washington. In addition, it was announced today that there will be a rally at Cooper Union some time prior to Margaret Sanger's trial in support of her and the legalization of birth control.
(Photo : Margaret Sanger)
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