Word: abortionists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...When he was not misspelling the journal of his days, Anthony Cornstock acted as president of the Society for the Prevention of Vice. In this capacity he hunted Satan, finding his prey sometimes in the guise of a bartender brandishing a pack of cards, more often as an abortionist fumbling with a contraceptive, most frequently as a pornographer raising the dark symbol of a dirty book. His chasing of pornographers did not always end with a clean capture. Over a fairly long period Anthony boasted that he had driven 15 persons to their death, a good number by suicide, others...