In 1846 , Massachusetts and New York passed laws that disregarded the quickening distinction and provided punishments for attempted abortions . Between 1860 and 1880 , 40 state laws passed that criminalized abortion . It was stated in the works of Reed (1973 ) citied by Lee (2005 ) regarding the federal government regulation of contraceptives with the passage of the Comstock Act in 1873 . Named after Anthony Comstock (1844-1915 , a Puritan and active member of the Young Men 's Christian Association , the act prohibited interstate...











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