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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
“Family Limitations” (1914), by Margaret Higgins Sanger
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
In 1914, Margaret Sanger published “Family Limitations,” a pamphlet describing six different types of contraceptive methods. At the time Sanger…
LiteratureBirth ControlSterilization (Birth control)Reproductive RightsFamily Planning
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
Where Are My Children? (1916)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: May 26, 2017
Where Are My Children? is an anti-abortion silent film released in the United States on 16 April 1916. The film was directed by Lois Weber and…
LiteratureAbortionBirth ControlContraceptionReproductive Rights
Birth Control or the Limitation of Offspring (1936), by William J. Robinson
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jul 01, 2010
Birth Control or the Limitation of Offspring was written by American eugenics and birth control advocate William J. Robinson. First published in 1916…
LiteratureContraceptionPublicationsReproduction
"Seventh Lambeth Conference, Resolutions 9-20" (1930) by the Anglican Communion
By: Molly Jacobson
| Published: Jul 19, 2022
In 1930, bishops of the Anglican Church from various countries published resolutions from their seventh Lambeth Conference in England. The Lambeth…
LiteratureContraception--Religious aspectsContraception--Religious aspects--Protestant churchesContraception--Religious aspects--Anglican CommunionSubject headings--Contraception
United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries (1936)
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: May 24, 2017
In the 1936 case United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City, New York,…
LawObscenity (Law)Abortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionBirth control clinics
Plan B: Emergency Contraceptive Pill
By: Aliya Buttar, Sheraden Seward
| Published: Sep 04, 2008
Plan B is a progestin-only emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) that can be taken within seventy-two hours of unprotected sex in order to prevent an…
TechnologyContraceptionReproductionReproductive Rights
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
Thesis: Dismantling Legal Constraints to Contraception in the 1900s
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Jan 27, 2021
In the late nineteenth century, the Comstock Act of 1873 made the distribution of contraception illegal and classified contraception as an obscenity…
ContraceptionReproductive RightsBirth control in literatureFertility ControlSocial Change