LK,
My error, it was not Webster, but, Griswold vs Connecticut. And it was 1965. I'm sorry for the confusion. I should know better than to try to rely on this old memory! LOL! . But, here's some interesting information you may be interested in for your work.
Here is the source FYI:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/timeline/index.html
There is some great information on the entire timeline.

1873 March 2: Congress passes the Comstock Law, an anti-obscenity act that specifically lists contraceptives as obscene material and outlaws the dissemination of them via the postal service or interstate commerce. At the time, the United States is the only western nation to enact laws criminalizing birth control.

1964 Despite general public approval for birth control, ghosts of the Comstock Laws linger. Eight states still prohibit the sale of contraceptives, and laws in Massachusetts and Connecticut still prevent the dissemination of information about birth control.

1965
June 7: Estelle Griswold and Lee Buxton take their Connecticut case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. By a vote of 7-2 in Griswold v. Connecticut, the Court strikes down the Connecticut law prohibiting the use of birth control as a violation of a couple's right to privacy.

1967
Over 12.5 million women worldwide are on the Pill.
Massachusetts liberalizes its birth control laws, but still prohibits the sale of birth control to unmarried women.

1972
March 23: The U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in Eisenstadt v. Baird that a state cannot stand in the way of distribution of birth control to a single person, strikes down Massachusetts law prohibiting the sale of contraceptives to unmarried women.
(As an aside, this is the year before I graduated from high school!)

Again, I do apologise for my errors; I should have checked before I posted. But, I think you will enjoy this source anyway.

Peace!