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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966) For the clinical psychologist and researcher, see Margaret Singer. Margaret Sanger Sanger in 1922 Born Margaret Louise Higgins (1879-09-14) September 14, 1879 Corning, New York, U.S. Died September 6, 1966 (1966-09-06) (aged 86 ...
In 1953, Mary Calderone became the first female medical director of Planned Parenthood. During her tenure, the organization started advocating for reform in abortion laws. Under her leadership, Planned Parenthood organized a national conference of medical professionals on the subject in 1955, known as “Abortion in the United States.
The issue of teenage pregnancy troubled Wattleton and she began to work for women's reproductive rights. [11] She joined the board of the local Planned Parenthood and shortly after, in 1970, Wattleton became the president of the Planned Parenthood of Dayton. [13] The legal status of abortion was now on the political agenda.
Planned Parenthood's advocacy activities are executed by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which is registered as a 501(c)(4) charity, and files financial information jointly with PPFA. [4] The committee was founded in 1996, by then-president Gloria Feldt, to maintain supportive health rights and supporting political candidates of the same ...
Woman of valor: Margaret Sanger and the birth control movement in America. New York: Simon Schuster. ISBN 0-671-60088-5. Engelman, Peter C. (2011). A History of the Birth Control Movement in America, ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-36509-6. Gordon, Linda (1976). Woman's Body, Woman's Right:A Social History of Birth Control in America. New York ...
Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, speaks on stage at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards where she receives an award in Manhattan, NY on November 9, 2015.
The movement to legalize birth control came to a gradual conclusion around the time Planned Parenthood was formed. [144] In 1942, there were over 400 birth control organizations in America, contraception was fully embraced by the medical profession, and the anti-contraception Comstock laws (which still remained on the books) were rarely enforced.
Defunding Planned Parenthood to start There are still plenty of other agenda items abortion opponents say they can work on with the president-elect and allies in Congress.