Forum Newsfront

November, 1971

Baby CorruptionHuntington, Long Island--William R. Baird, Jr., persistent crusader for population control, has chalked up another arrest for publicly promoting contraceptives. Because he violated no specific state or local birth-control law, Huntington police arrested him on the charge of endangering the welfare of a minor--a 14-month-old girl whose mother couldn't find a baby sitter--by "exposing" her to the sight of birth-control devices during a lecture. The mother was also arrested...