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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 ...
The American Birth Control League (ABCL) was founded by Margaret Sanger in 1921 at the First American Birth Control Conference in New York City. [1] The organization promoted the founding of birth control clinics and encouraged women to control their own fertility. [1]
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.
Cecile Richards, former President of Planned Parenthood and daughter of the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards, speaks during the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago.
Cecile Richards, a women’s rights crusader who served as president of Planned Parenthood as the nation approached a critical inflection point over reproductive freedom, has died, her family said ...
The International Planned Parenthood Federation was established after earlier efforts to organise the post-World War II family planning and population control movements. The first conference was organised by the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education in Stockholm , in August 1946. [ 11 ]
Cecile Richards, who served as president of the women’s health organization Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018, died on Monday, Jan. 20, her family confirmed to PEOPLE. She was 67. Her death ...
Most Americans did not view abortion as a crime, and abortions continued to occur and became increasingly available. [76] The American Birth Control League was founded by Margaret Sanger in 1921; it would become Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 1942. [77] [78] By the 1930s, licensed physicians performed an estimated 800,000 abortions ...