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American's First Birth Control Clinic Opens
On October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger, her sister Ethel Byrne & a fellow activist Fania Mindell opened the first-ever birth control cling in Brownsville, Brooklyn. It provided education and advice in regards to birth control. The police shut it down a week and 2 days later. All three organizers were charged with crimes. -
Buck v. Bell
The Supreme Court upholds states' rights to forced sterilization. Supreme Court took no notice of the practice of compulsory sterilization for “the health of the patient and the welfare of society” during this case. -
Dr. N. Louise Young opens clinic in Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Young a gynecologist and obstetrician was the first African American woman to practice medicine in Maryland. -
Harlem Clinic Opens
Activist, Sanger opened a clinic in Harlem to provide health and social services to the African American community, at the height of the Depression. The New York Urban League publically and financially supports this new Harlem clinic. -
The Stigma Associated with Birth Control Shifted
Birth control was longer classified as "obscene". Judge Augustus Hand ordered a complete liberalization of federal Comstock laws (1873) known by "Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use" in NY, CT, VT. -
Dr. Thelma Patten Law
Dr. Thelma Patten Law served the black community as she became one of the first African American women, obstetrician and gynecologist in Texas. She provided health care for more than 25 years at the Planned Parenthood Houston health center(1936). -
The National Clergymen's Advisory Council is Launched
The first supportive clergy committee is formed through the efforts of Margaret Sanger and Kenneth Rose. -
Research developing the Birth Control Pill Begins
Scientists Pincus, Rock, and Chang were granted by Planned Parenthood to initiate research on the development of the birth control pill. -
The National Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) was founded
IPPF is founded at the 3rd International Conference on Planned Parenthood in Bombay, India.
