The Playboy Forum

April, 1982

After The BattleOnly 15 years ago, France was locked in a great moral battle over whether or not to legalize contraception. The Catholic Church condemned the idea, and even the medical community opposed the supplying of birth-control information to the public. Recently, government-sponsored birth-control commercials have been running on television with hardly a peep from anyone and with widespread popular approval. The messages are very low-key and merely advise that family-planning information...