Facts
The first birth control clinic was started in 1916.
This clinic was opened by Margaret Sanger.
Sanger came from an Irish Catholic family. She helped deliver her mother's baby.
Many ways of contraception were illegal before.
Sanger was arrested for sharing information about contraception.
There are estimates that 1 in 3 fertilizations were aborted.
Sanger told the government what she was going to do before she opened the clinic.
The Griswold v. Connecticut ruling established that the Constitution protected a right to privacy, which meant that contraceptives were legal.
This information was only given to married woman, at first.
Sanger's American Birth Control League was renamed the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Questions
Will there be any new laws passed about abortion?
Did Sanger's Catholic background play a part in her ideas/views.
Why were ways of contraception illegal/expensive?
How has Roe v. Wade affected abortion today?
Is the population growth rate affected by this?
Do you think abortion should be legal?
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