Forum Newsfront
October, 1969
The Crime of FornicationPaterson, New Jersey--"I saw crime being committed when a single woman walked into my court pregnant," said municipal-court, judge Ervan F. Kushner, who charged the criminal--the pregnant woman--and her accomplice with fornication under a 1790 law prohibiting sexual intercourse between unmarried persons.The case began in 1967, when the woman, then 25, sued the father of her three children for child support--a prerequisite to obtaining welfare assistance. When sh...
