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Margaret Sanger: birth control's successful revolutionary
American Journal of Public Health
|July 1, 1980
Summary
Margaret Sanger championed reproductive rights, challenging obscenity laws to provide birth control information and services. Her activism led to the establishment of birth control clinics and laid the groundwork for Planned Parenthood.
Area of Science:
- History of Medicine
- Reproductive Health Rights
- Social History
Background:
- Antipornography laws, known as Comstock laws, prohibited contraceptive information and devices.
- Margaret Sanger, a pioneer in birth control advocacy, aimed to establish reproductive autonomy and the right to wanted children.