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1967 – In France the Neuwirth Law lifted the ban on birth control methods, including oral contraception, on 28 December 1967. 1967 – The UK Abortion Act (effective 1968) legalized abortion in the United Kingdom under certain grounds (except in Northern Ireland). 1967 – Colorado became the first state to decriminalize
The first birth control clinic in the United States was opened in 1917 by Margaret Sanger, which was against the law at the time. [18] By 1930, similar societies had been established in nearly all European countries, and birth control began to find acceptance in most Western European countries, except Catholic Ireland, Spain, and France. [ 19 ]
The Neuwirth Law is a French law which lifted the ban on birth control methods on December 28, 1967, including oral contraception. It was passed by the National Assembly on December 19, 1967. The law is named after Lucien Neuwirth, the Gaullist politician who proposed it. It replaced a law from 1920 that not only forbade all forms of ...
The legalization of birth control occurred in France in 1967, when the Neuwirth Law lifted the ban on birth control methods on December 28, 1967, including oral contraception. It legalized the free prescription of the contraceptive pill .
Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would enshrine a federal right to access contraception, sinking the Democratic-led measure and calling it an election-year stunt.
The Comstock Law was a federal act passed by the United States Congress on March 3 as the Act for the "Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use". The Act criminalized usage of the U.S. Postal Service to send any of the following items: [28] erotica; contraceptives; abortifacients; sex toys
The benefits of providing a six-month supply of birth control are well-documented. Research shows that women who receive longer supplies of contraceptives are less likely to experience gaps in use ...
The Supreme Court’s ruling to gut nationwide abortion rights has highlighted the importance of access to birth control, particularly for Black women.