Margaret Sanger Indictment, 1914

‘’but the said article is so indecent by reason of its character tending to incite murder and assassination, as well as of such great length, that a further description thereof is not set forth in this indictment;”

Margaret Sanger Indictment 1914

This is one of three indictments against Margaret Sanger on obscenity charges. Under the Comstock Laws, information about contraception was deemed obscene and “nonmailable.” The District Attorney chose not to prosecute in this case due to the public’s enormous support for Sanger.

National Archives, Records of District Courts of the United States