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Abortion Is a Public Good from Boston Review. The right to reproductive health and agency is a compelling state interest.

Originally published on July 7, 2021 5:44 pm In 1873, Congress passed a law outlawing the distribution, sale, mailing and possession of "obscene" materials — including contraception. The Comstock Act, as it became known, was named after Anthony Comstock, an anti-vice crusader who later became a special agent to the U.S. Post Office, giving him the power to enforce the law. In her new book, The Man Who Hated Women, author Amy Sohn writes about Comstock — as well as eight women charged with violating the Comstock Act . While working for the post office, Sohn says, Comstock "decoyed peop...

Proposed bills focus on free speech in N.H. schools The New Hampshire State House in Concord on Oct. 4, 2018 Sarah Pearson Published: 2/26/2021 5:55:44 PM Lawmakers in the New Hampshire State House are considering several bills aimed at protecting students' free speech and curtailing what their sponsors see as liberal political bias in schools. House Bill 234 would establish rules for protecting First Amendment rights of students and speakers on campus. Much of the bill's language is drawn from model policies penned by the conservative Washington, D.C.- based American Legislative Exchange Cou...

Credit Dan Tuohy / NHPR Lawmakers in the New Hampshire State House are considering several bills aimed at protecting students' free speech and curtailing what their sponsors see as liberal political bias in schools. House Bill 234 would establish rules for protecting First Amendment rights of students and speakers on campus. Much of the bill's language is drawn from model policies penned by the conservative Washington, D.C.- based American Legislative Exchange Council. Ben Mickens, a vice chair of the N.H. College Republicans and student at Saint Anselm College, told lawmakers that New Hamps...

Lawmakers in the New Hampshire State House are considering several bills aimed at protecting students' free speech and curtailing what their sponsors see