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October, 1970

Bill Baird VictoriousBoston--Massachusetts' "crimes against chastity" law, forbidding the sale of contraceptives (except by prescription to married couples), has been ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. Court of Appeals. The court found that the law served no purpose other than to regulate private morals and "conflicts with fundamental human rights."The decision vacated the conviction of William R. Baird, who challenged the 125-year-old law in 1967 by giving a contraceptive to a...