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1901 Arizona Comstock Law
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
In 1901, the Arizona Territorial Legislature codified territorial law that illegalized advertising, causing, or performing abortions anywhere in…
LawObscenity (Law)Abortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionArizona
Pearl Mao Tang (1922– )
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
A licensed obstetrician and gynecologist, Pearl Tang worked to improve the health of women and children in Maricopa County, Arizona, during the…
Family planning servicesContraceptionInfants--MortalitySan Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)Arizona
State v. New Times, INC (1973)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
In the 1973 case State v. New Times, INC, the Arizona Court of Appeals in Phoenix, Arizona, ruled that Arizona Revised Statutes 13-211, 13-212, and…
LawContraceptionBirth control clinicsPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaAbortion
Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix v. Maricopa County (1962)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
In the 1962 case Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix v. Maricopa County, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that Arizona Revised Statute 13-213,…
LawContraceptionBirth control clinicsPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaAbortion
Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix (1942-1978)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 08, 2016
The Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix was established in 1942 to expand Arizona women's access to family planning resources. The Planned…
OrganizationContraceptionDiaphragms, VaginalBirth control clinicsGynecology
Barry Morris Goldwater (1909–1998)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 28, 2016
Barry Morris Goldwater was a Republican Arizona Senator and US presidential candidate in the twentieth-century whose policies supported the women's…
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaWomen's rights
Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson (1950-1977)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 22, 2016
Established in 1950, the Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson provided Arizona women with family planning resources until 1977, when it expanded to…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaInfertility
Margaret (Peggy) Goldwater (1909–1985)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 13, 2016
Margaret Goldwater advocated for birth control and reproductive rights in the United States during the twentieth century. Goldwater was a socialite…
Goldwater, Margaret, 1909-1985Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionDiaphragms, VaginalAbortion
Margaret Higgins Sanger (1879-1966)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy, Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Oct 13, 2016
Margaret Higgins Sanger advocated for birth control in the United States and Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.…
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaBirth ControlContraceptionReproductive RightsArizona
Clinica Para Madres (1934-1950)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 12, 2016
The Clinica Para Madres (Mother’s Clinic) opened in Tucson, Arizona, in December of 1934 as the first birth control clinic in Arizona. After moving…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ArizonaPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaContraception