(P167 (Focus Box))A Major Preliminary Step to the Formal Legalization

Multiple Choice

(p.167 (focus box) ) A major preliminary step to the formal legalization of contraception in Canada was made in 1936 when Dorothea Palmer was acquitted after being charged for distributing birth control information in poor neighbourhoods.This set a precedent that

A) it was permissible to provide birth control information if it was done in the interest of the 'public good'.
B) even those responsible for law enforcement disagreed with the laws prohibiting contraception.
C) Canadian law is open to interpretation and can be very forgiving.
D) distributing birth control information was considered a serious violation of civil obedience and needed to be punished severely.