The test case they are referring to is of course Griswold v. Connecticut in which the Supreme Court ruled that the law violated a person’s right to privacy.

Of course there are still those, including the insufferable Rick Santorum (NSFW), a leading republican candidate for president who disagree with that ruling.

Fortunately Planned Parenthood is still around and could use your help in their good work.  Please consider donating today.

CONNECTICUT’S ANTI-BIRTH CONTROL LAW UPHELD

Once again Connecticut’s 85-year-old anti-birth control law has been upheld by the state supreme court. The state law, which has been attacked by Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut for more than 40 years, makes the use of contraceptives a crime. Another state law makes it illegal to give advice—even for doctors—on the use of contraceptives.
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Battle Between the Sexes

Right from the start we train our children for a war between men and women. By Walter R. Stokes, M.D., LL.B.

Why do we have violent, humiliating conflicts between the sexes? How can we stop them?

Ideally, whether you were born male or female, there should be no real difference in your opportunity to live a full, well-rounded life.

Persons of either sex should be able to look forward to a relationship with someone of the opposite sex that will be cooperative, affectionate and enjoyable. In our society, however, this goal is reached by only a few. For a great many men and women, sexual, social and marital relations are torn by indignity, strife and trouble.
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FROM THE EDITOR’S Scrapbook

SELF-CASTRATION. An interesting case was presented recently of a 29-year-old male who had attempted to amputate his penis. The year before he had castrated himself by removing his testes. A most unusual aspect of the case was the fact that, for six years prior to his attempt, he had had alternate periods of bodily feminization and remasculinization.

During the periods of feminization, he reported, his breasts became protuberant, his voice became higher, he did not have to shave and fat distribution became markedly feminine. When examined by a gland specialist, he was found to be a normal male; the changes he reported could not be verified. Read the rest of this entry »

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THE SPY QUEEN WAS A NYMPHO!

Revealed for the first time—the biggest secret in the torrid life of Martha Dodd, the Reds’ Mata Hari in the U.S.

By JOHN LEWIS CARVER

IN THE FALL of 1950, a short, cleanshaven, ebullient man had dinner behind closed doors in a Moscow office and while he was munching the excellent meal suddenly realized that this could very well become his last supper. In the midst of pleasantries he abruptly felt the cold gust of death breathing down his spine.
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What Are Those Nurses Doing in Mexico’s Bawdy Houses?

The latest gimmick of the vice peddlers south of the border are pretty angels of mercy to lure tourists to safer sin . . .

By HOYT McAFFE

VICE TRAFFICKERS in Juarez — aided and abetted by Mexican officials — recently hit upon a new gimmick to promote sex and prostitution in that red-hot border town. Their purpose was to reduce a soaring VD rate and induce the thousands of GI’s and American thrill-seekers who flock there weekly to feel “safer.” They assigned trim, young, uniformed, trained nurses to the swarming beehive-type houses of prostitution in Juarez! Read the rest of this entry »

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Wired for Sin – THE VICE RACKET BEHIND THOSE PHONE ANSWERING SERVICES

Bigtown call girls operate freely because slick tele-fronts handle their incoming calls
By JACK MITCHELL

THE TALL, sleeky-dressed blonde got off the hotel elevator and made her way swiftly across the lobby to the telephone booths. Tossing aside a mink stole from her shapely shoulders, she took pencil and notebook from her pocketbook, dialed a number and said softly: “This is June. Any calls?”
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YOUR PERSONAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED

When writing, please observe the following rules. Letters must be signed with your name and address—all names and addresses are kept strictly confidential. Use TYPEWRITER or Ink. PLEASE BE BRIEF and write legibly. USE A SEPARATE SHEET FOR EACH QUESTION.

Because of the time required for publication, several months must elapse before an answer can appear here. Only those letters of wide general interest can be printed, since space does not permit publication of all letters received.

We cannot prescribe medical remedies, nor can we forward mail to other correspondents. No sexological information can be given to minors, unless married. If not married, state that you are over 21.
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Ricochet Romance

TEENS OF OUR TIMES
BY HELENE WRIGHT

No, we’re not going to say what practically everyone always says about rebound romances — that they’re unwise, unsafe, and should be avoided. We think they can be a very good thing indeed if one important fact is kept in mind: “Rebound” should be recognized for what it is, a reaction to another emotional situation. As long as yon don’t fool yourself into taking a rebound romance too seriously, why shouldn’t you enjoy whatever consolations there may be for your broken heart? Read the rest of this entry »

WHAT IS YOUR SEX QUOTIENT?

BY taking this test, you can measure your sex knowledge. Check whether the answer to each statement should be True or False. Compare your answers with the correct answers below. Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer and add the results. Your final score is your S.Q.

A score of less than 50 indicates inadequate knowledge; 50 to 60 equals good; 70 or 80 equals excellent; 90 or above equal unusually superior. Read the rest of this entry »

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Going Steady

TEEN-AGERS FIND IT IS A HAPPY GUARANTEE OF DATES

Photographed for LIFE by CARL IWASKI

“After we had three or four dates,” Barbara King recalls wistfully, “I knew I wanted to go steady with Morrie. I hinted and hinted and hinted —and finally he asked me.” From that day last fall, at the start of their senior year at Greeley, Colo, high school, through last week when they were graduated as honor students, Morrie Mawson and Barbara, both 17 years old, have spent a part of almost every day with each other.
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The OLDEST FORM of BIRTH CONTROL

Withdrawal before ejaculation is used more widely and probably with less harm than has been supposed. Helen Kitchen Branson, M.A.

One of the oldest (possibly the original) methods of birth control is withdrawal. Simply stated, it is withdrawal of the penis from the vagina a few moments before the male sexual act is completed by the discharge of the seminal fluid.

Historically and professionally known as coitus interruptus, the Latin name for it, withdrawal was practiced in Biblical times. The simplest English words for the method are: interrupted sexual intercourse, or as it is popularly called, withdrawal. Read the rest of this entry »

TIL, when a wife says no, it’s always because there is something wrong with her.

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WHEN THE WIFE SAYS NO!

It is not an easy thing for a typical husband to understand his wife’s refusal to permit sexual intercourse. By Helen Branson, M.A. and Ralph Branson, M.A.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Branson, marriage counselors, are currently employed as staff research interviewers for the Mendota Research Group of Englewood, New Jersey.

Many wives create much un-happiness in their marriages because they do not understand the sensitivity of the male ego in relation to sexual refusal.
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