November 1935: Boriswood Limited was in court again (having...
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November 1935
Boriswood Limited
was in court again (having only a year earlier been fined for publication of Boy), this time for publication of a scientific and philosophical study, The Sexual Impulse by Edward Charles
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Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
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Thomas, Donald. A Long Time Burning: The History of Literary Censorship in England. Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
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17 February 1936: The Abortion Law Reform Association was founded...
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17 February 1936
The Abortion Law Reform Association
was founded to reform the law as enshrined in the Offences Against the Person Act of 1861. The idea arose from a conference organized the previous year by a doctor...