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Comstock was also known for his crusade against contraceptives and information about contraceptives, which were determined to be an “obscene material.” Comstock also pushed a law which actually made the transport of “obscene material” illegal. As the police generally failed to enforce this law, Comstock and his SSV made a pseudo-legal effort to enforce it themselves, with some success. Anthony Comstock died in 1915.

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