Why it was banned
Marie Stopes's 1918 guide to birth control methods, banned in New Zealand as objectionable under the Indecent Publications Act 1963. Stopes's pioneering work on contraception was suppressed in multiple countries as governments sought to restrict access to practical sexual health information.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1918lifted | SexualMoral | ||
| Classified as objectionable under the New Zealand Indecent Publications Act 1963. The Act was superseded by the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993; classification status treated as historical. | ||||
