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Birth control is given a name
Margaret Sanger founded the term birth control. Birth control became an umbrella term for the topic of contraceptives and information that fell within that realm. -
Margaret is arrested for spreading information about birth control
Margaret Sanger was arrested and stood trial in federal court after informing women about birth control in New York. During this time, it was illegal to discuss or take part in birth control. -
The first birth control clinic
The first birth control clinic is secretly made in New York by Margaret Sanger. -
Margaret Sanger's speech "The Morality of Birth Control"
Margaret Sanger gives her speech “The Morality of Birth Control”. In this speech, she defends the use of contraception and the education on birth control. She states “For the more responsible people grow, the higher do they and shall they attain real morality.” -
The American Birth Control League is formed
Margaret Sanger formed the American Birth Control League, which later became the Planned Parenthood Federation, and spent the next three decades pushing to deliver safe and effective birth control to the American public. -
The first American Birth Control Conference
The first American Birth Control Conference is held by Margaret Sanger which is raided by the police. During the police raid, Margaret is arrested. -
The idea for a birth control pill is formed
Frustrated with the option of contraception and lack of funding Margaret Sanger sought out help from a scientist named Gregory Pincus, John Rock, and sponsor Katharine McCormick. With the help of both, they were able to begin the research to create the birth control pill. -
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The Puerto Rican pill trail begins
Due to contraception's being illegal in the United states, Gregory Pincus and John Rock moved their human trails of the birth control pill to Puerto Rico where the trials lasted seven years and three women were killed from it. -
The FDA approves birth control pills
The FDA approved the use of the birth control pill. Granting women across the world the option of the pill as a form of contraception.