Saving us from ourselves: contraception, censorship and the 'evil literature'controversy of 1926

Abstract

In the history of Irish public policy on communications. the ban on the publication of information about contraception merits a special place. It existed for half a century. and the circumstances of Its elaboration and Implementation offer a special insight Into the sensitivity of Irish governments on matters of sexual morality, as well as into public and media attitudes to the controversies Involved