New York City has long loomed large in the libidinal imagination of America. And it goes back much further than the…
Margaret Sanger opened the nation’s first birth control clinic in October of 1916, which would eventually evolve…
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On October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger, along with two other women, opened the nation’s first birth control clinic in…
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt. The justices’…
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On this day in 1879, Margaret Sanger was born. She went on to do a whole lot to help American women secure more…
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On October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger opened America's first birth control clinic in Brooklyn. Within 9 days, the clinic was raided and Sanger was jailed for a month for "maintaining a public nuisance" and flouting the Comstock Act of 1873. Upon release, she reopened the future Planned Parenthood, and was arrested…