Hello H-SHGAPE Subscribers,
 

We invite you over to the blog to read the sixth of seven installments of a forum on the history and legacy of Anthony Comstock. The forum is forthcoming in the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and is formally titled “The History and Legacy of Anthony Comstock and the Comstock Laws.” Given our current debates on abortion following the Dobbs decision and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, which proposes to revive the Comstock Act, we hope this forum will provide useful historical context about the Act’s influence on American life. 

This installment is by Nicholas L. Syrett, entitled “Anthony Comstock, Abortion, and the Arrest of Madame Restell.”

You can find the link here.

Best
Chelsea
SHGAPE Blog Managing Editor