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In response to employee and supporters’ discomfort around the organization’s association with eugenicist and family…
Jul 21 2017
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New York City has long loomed large in the libidinal imagination of America. And it goes back much further than the…
Feb 17 2017
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Margaret Sanger opened the nation’s first birth control clinic in October of 1916, which would eventually evolve…
Dec 14 2016
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With abortion rights under attack in many states, a biopic about the woman who fought so passionately for a woman’s…
Oct 16 2016
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On October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger, along with two other women, opened the nation’s first birth control clinic in…
Mar 3 2016
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt. The justices’…
Jan 22 2016
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Over the past few years—well, frankly, since the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade in 1973—we’ve seen a…
Sep 14 2013
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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…
Jun 5 2012
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Have you ever gotten into an abortion argument with an idiot on Facebook? Well, would you like to relive that…
Oct 31 2011
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Earlier this month, people got a little confused about Herman Cain's stance on abortion, possibly because he isn't…
Apr 23 2010
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In honor of the Pill's 50th anniversary, Time's Nancy Gibbs takes a look back at its history and influence. Her…
Aug 25 2009
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Via Feminist Law Professors, Academics at NYU have been working on an archive of the work of Margaret Sanger, the…
Oct 16 2008
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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…
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