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What Every Girl Should Know (1916), by Margaret Sanger
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Dec 12, 2017
What Every Girl Should Know was published in 1916 in New York City, New York, as a compilation of articles written by Margaret Sanger from 1912 to…
LiteratureObscenity (Law)Abortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionBirth control clinics
Norman Haire (1892-1952)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Apr 13, 2017
Norman Haire was a physician who advocated for eugenics, which is the betterment of human population by promoting positive traits, and birth control…
Haire, Norman, 1892-1952EugenicsMalthusian LeagueBirth ControlSex
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1880-1958)
By: Ellen M. DuPont
| Published: Jul 10, 2008
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 15 October 1880 to Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, a suffragist, and Henry Stopes…
Peoplepublic healthethicsReproductionBiography
Chapter One and Chapter Two from “Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development” (1994), by United Nations Population Fund
By: Ross J. Nalubega
| Published: Jan 15, 2021
“Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development” comprises the majority of context within the twenty-year…
LiteratureUnited Nations and non-member nationsInternational AgenciesWomen's rightsfeminism
Humanae Vitae (1968), by Pope Paul VI
By: Katherine Brind'Amour, Benjamin Garcia
| Published: Nov 13, 2007
The "Humanae Vitae," meaning "Of Human Life" and subtitled "On the Regulation of Birth," was an encyclical promulgated in Rome, Italy, on 25 July…
LiteratureReproductive RightsreligionReproductionCatholicism
The Mothers' Clinic
By: Ellen M. DuPont
| Published: Jul 22, 2008
The Mothers' Clinic for Constructive Birth Control was established on 17 March 1921. The first family planning clinic ever established in Great…
OrganizationContraceptionOrganizationsReproductionReproductive Rights
People's Padre: An Autobiography (1954), by Emmett McLoughlin
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 08, 2016
Emmett McLoughlin wrote People's Padre: An Autobiography, based on his experiences as a Roman Catholic priest advocating for the health of people in…
LiteratureBirth control clinicsAbortionCatholic ChurchReproductive Rights
Marie Stopes International
By: Ellen M. DuPont
| Published: Jul 22, 2008
Marie Stopes International (MSI) is a not-for-profit organization based in the United Kingdom that promotes reproductive and sexual health. It grew…
Organizationpublic healthOrganizationsReproductionReproductive Rights
The People of the State of New York v. Margaret H. Sanger (1918)
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Jan 22, 2018
In 1918, the New York State Court of Appeals in Albany broadened the justification physicians could use to prescribe contraceptives to married…
LawObscenity (Law)Abortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionBirth control clinics
Anthony Comstock (1844–1915)
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: May 23, 2017
Anthony Comstock was a US postal inspector and politician who advocated for the suppression of obscenity and vice throughout the late nineteenth…
Obscenity (Law)Abortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionBirth control clinicsContraception