Margaret Sanger, an American nurse, pioneered the modern birth control movement in the United States. She began her movement in 1912, with the publication of information about women 's reproductive concerns through magazine articles, pamphlets, and several books. In 1914, Margaret Sanger was charged with violating the Comstock Law, a federal legislation prohibiting the mailing of obscene material including information about birth control and contraceptive devices. Despite being imprisoned for her actions, she continued to publish information about birth control. On October 16, 1916, in Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger along with her sister Ethel Byrne opened the first of several birth control clinics in America. In 1936 Congress revised …show more content…
Norplant and Depo Provera are both types of injected contraceptives. Norplant consists of six flexible capsules that are inserted under the skin of a female 's upper and are filled with progesterone that is released to prevent ovaries from releasing an egg. Norplant is 99% effective, but is also not protective against STD 's and includes side effects such as irregular bleeding, headaches, nausea, and depression. Depo Provera, a contraceptive injection, is given to a woman by a doctor of health care professional in the arm or buttock every 12 weeks to prevent ovaries from releasing an egg and or to thicken cervical mucus to keep sperm from reaching the egg. It is also 99% effective and just like Norplant and birth control pills it does not protect against STD 's. After discontinuing the use of Depo Provera, it may take up to two years before the woman becomes fertile again. Condoms can be bought in male and female forms. A male condom also called a "rubber or "prophylactic is a sheath of latex or animal tissue that is placed on the erect penis before it is inserted into the vagina to catch ejaculated semen, and, therefore, not allowing it to enter the woman 's vagina. A female condom is a plastic sac with a ring on each end that is inserted into the vagina to catch the male 's semen as he ejaculates. The effectiveness of a male condom
Public discussions of birth control were criminalized under the Comstock Act of 1873 because people believed it was immoral. Margaret Sanger, who had opened the first birth control clinic in 1916 in spite of the Comstock Act of 1873, was a feminist and advocate of eugenics. After serving prison time, Sanger returned publicly and illegally with drive to present a strong argument that defended the moral use of birth control. Prior to her morally controversial 1921 speech, Sanger was arrested in New York for her intent to advocate public knowledge pertaining to birth control. Although the ethical nature of using birth control is still controversial in America, Margaret Sanger’s 1921 speech “A Moral Necessity for Birth Control” was undoubtedly a catalyst for American women to be empowered with the flexibility to choose when to procreate, thus allowing women the economic ability to escape oppression. As a result of such empowerment, I will argue that the speech’s sententious delivery of the morality of birth control use was causal to the increased demographic of women with professional degrees.
In the 1910s, Margaret Sanger, a woman’s rights activist, began to publish articles about birth control, finding National Birth Control League (NBCL). She opened a birth control clinic in New York in the year of 1916. The
Public discussions of birth control were criminalized under the Comstock Act of 1873 because people believed it was immoral. Margaret Sanger, who had opened the first birth control clinic in 1916 despite the Comstock Act of 1873, was a feminist and advocate. After serving prison time, Sanger returned publicly and illegally with drive to present a strong argument that defended the moral use of birth control. Prior to her morally controversial 1921 speech, Sanger was arrested in New York for her intent to advocate public knowledge pertaining to birth control. Although the ethical nature of using birth control is still controversial in America, Margaret Sanger’s 1921 speech “A Moral Necessity for Birth Control” was undoubtedly a catalyst for
Although she had met her goal of legalizing birth control, Margaret Sanger still desired to assist women who were already pregnant but didn’t wish to keep the child. After returning from a national tour in 1916, Sanger opened the nation's first birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn (Katz 1). This, however, was a minor advancement considering that the clinic was raided in its first nine days of operation and she was taken to prison. The
Margaret Louise Higgins, who later became Margaret Higgins Sange, was born on September 14, 1879 In Corning, New York. She was a birth control activist,nurse, and sex educator. Margaret’s parents were Michael Hennessey Higgins, an Irish stonemason and Anna Purcell a catholic Irish-American. Margaret’s mother Anne and her family immigrated to canada when she was young. Margaret’s father Michael moved to America and enlisted into the US army during the Civil War at the age of15. Margaret’s father was also a catholic turned atheist and also an activist for woman’s suffrage. Anne Higgins went through 18 pregnancies and only 11 of her children were born alive. Margaret was the sixth child of eleven. She spent a lot of her childhood years helping with household chores and also had the responsibility of caring for her younger siblings.
Sanger’s movement to push for birth control caused her to be closely watched by the law enforcement. She repeatedly sent informative brochures about contraceptives out to the public and opened a birth control clinic in Brooklyn; it impudently went against Comstock Act and several other laws. In 1920 Sangers methods became less extensive and that same year she founded the American Birth Control League, now known as Planned Parenthood. This was one of the biggest milestones in her career as a feminist. In 1925 she gave her memorable speech “The Children’s Era” at the first birth control conference. When she delivered the speech she
Margaret Sanger was an amazing women who organized many health clinics throughout the country as well helping in the legalization of birth control, she also worked in the creation of the first birth control pill. Sanger opened the first birth control center in the US in 1916, she spent thirty days in jail for opening helping women receive birth control. Sanger started a feminist publication in 1914 called The Woman Rebel, it promoted a woman's right to have birth control. She had many struggles with the laws surrounding providing information on birth control but she stayed fighting. Around the 1950s Margaret Sanger had won many legal victories which helped her to provide contraceptives to all women in America. In 1960 the release of enovid
She did this by being determined to bring women the right to their own bodies. Sanger did not care what she had to do to eventually get what she was fighting for and she was not going to stop fighting until she did. Not until United States v. One Package in nineteen thirty-six, did Sanger achieve her goal of reversing the Comstock Act’s classifications of birth control obscene ( Mikula). Once Margaret Sanger accomplished what she believed was right, which was give women the right to birth control if they wanted to use it, doctors also came up with medical reasons that could be solved by birth control and began to support birth control as a group of doctors. Birth control is still used today in women of all ages for health related problems not just as a contraceptive.
Margaret Sanger was a crusader who took a stand against the Comstock Law through civil disobedience in order to legalize and create efficient contraceptives for women in the 1930’s. Sanger advocated for women's reproductive rights by taking a stand against the unjust laws by pursuing the court case, United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries. Sanger and her assistant, Dr. Hannah Stone committed an act of civil disobedience by importing contraceptives overseas. Sanger and Stone’s significant stand ultimately legalized birth control due to the fact that the government could not cease the usage of birth control if it was prescribed by a doctor. Furthermore, it became possible for doctors to prescribe birth control to their patients, effectively
Margaret Sanger revolutionized the world in a important way. Margaret Sanger was known for leading the birth control movement. She financed the research needed to develop “the pill”, an easy form of birth control that women could take themselves. She also founded the Planned Parenthood Federation Of America continuing her legacy of authoritative work to allow parenthood and birth control to be much easier. Margaret Sanger left a legacy of leading the birth control movement.
Margret Sanger- Women’s rights activist, born in New York in 1879 one of eleven children, was a nurse who advocated for contraception. Sanger believed the number of pregnancies had contributed to her mother’s declining health and eventual early death. A member of the Socialist party Sanger published The Woman Rebel, which provided education and promoted “birth control”. In 1914 she was accused of violating the Comstock Act, which prohibited the circulation of “obscene material”, rather than facing prison Sanger fled to England returning to the United States later in 1915 after charges had been dismissed. Upon her return she continued to advocate for contraception, establishing The Birth Control League in 1921, and opened the first birth control
Birth control seems to be a fundamental part of people’s lives in this day and age. Some people simply do not want to have children until they feel the timing is right. Others, may never want to have children. It would seem logical to respect their choice and allow them the freedom to decide what is best for themselves. Yet, in the late 18th century the Comstock Act prevented the mailing of any type of contraceptives within the United States (PBS). One brave woman in particular was willing to stand up and challenge not only the Comstock Act but also the idea that contraceptive use is immoral. This woman is Margaret Sanger. Margaret Sanger took a stand for women’s rights by using her writing as a means of education, which challenged government regulations and eventually resulted in a shift in the overall acceptance of birth control.
During the early 1900’s many women would get pregnant without any means of doing so. Most of the women that were becoming pregnant were financially unstable and could not afford to support another child. In order for women to feed their large families they began to work and on top of working they had to take care of things at home. Countless kids that came from large families were forced into child labor in order to help support their families. These women were forced to become mothers when they did not want to be. A majority of women during this time period would die while giving birth.Women began to want to control their own bodies. Margaret Sanger took notice of the problems that women had to face and decided to do something about it.
Margaret Sanger’s obsession with population control by the use of birth control can be linked back to her own home and family. Sanger was one of the eleven children in her home that grew up in poverty. Sanger often associated wealth with families containing fewer children and poverty and aggression with larger families. Sanger was exposed to the difficulties of pregnancy early on in life, as she was aware of her mother’s seven miscarriages. After seeing her family and mother struggle with un-wanted pregnancies and miscarriages Sanger began to believe that these issues may have caused the death of her mother. In the 1910’s-1920’s Sanger prepared to fight to have the Comstock Law amended or abolished,
Sanger fought a life-time crusade to help women gain control over their health, legal and civil rights. She became a woman even today of heroic accomplishments for sexuality and birth control. This empowered legal rights today such as American civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights and AIDS- action movements. Margaret Sanger sincerely changed the world for the better and the destiny of the human race. She established the American Birth Control League in 1912;