Word: softens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...neighboring states, the legislature in Comstock's native Connecticut made it illegal to use, or to help or advise anyone to use, "any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception." Penalty: $50 fine and up to one year in jail.* Despite perennial campaigns to soften or repeal it, and despite the evident availability of contraceptives in many Connecticut drugstores, the ban is still on the books: it is stoutly supported by the state's Roman Catholic clergy, and in Connecticut, Roman Catholics make up a powerful voting bloc (47% of the population...