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    coverage for physician approved contraceptive methods. With healthcare expenditures rising every year, funding has become a key issue in the birth control conversation. This memo serves to explain H.R. 3134, which aims to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood (PPFA) for one year, by giving an overview of key birth control legislation, evaluating the bill’s strengths and weaknesses, and concluding with a recommendation to adjust the proposed cancelation of funding PPFA to a reduction of three percent

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    Founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, in her speech at the 1925 Birth Control Conference, “The Children’s Era,” explains the downfalls in American society when it comes to raising children. Through her speech, Sanger attempts to further promote her nonprofit organization and display the benefits of birth control. She appears to show compassionate characteristics towards children, more specifically future American children as she adopts an urgent tone to encompass her listeners into her

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    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. Margaret Sanger was born on September 14th, 1879 to Anne Purcell Higgins and Michael Hennessy Higgins

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    The Children’s Era by Margaret Sanger: A Rhetorical Analysis Founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, in her speech at the 1925 birth control conference, The Children’s Era, explains the downfalls in American society when it comes to raising children. Through this speech, Sanger is trying to further promote her nonprofit organization and display the benefits of birth control. She appears to show compassionate characteristics towards children, more specifically the future American children

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    Thesis The video provided for this assignment supports the statement by Margaret Mead due to its illustration of small groups of people making changes. One individual can make a difference, a good example of this was Madalyn Murray O’Hair who petitioned to get prayer taken out of public schools arguing that separation of church and state should be upheld. A single person can make a difference, many people with the same goals and views have a more powerful voice and are empowered to pursue bigger

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    I. Introduction Margaret Sanger was one of the most influential women of the 20th century. She worked tirelessly as a nurse tending to female patients in the slums of New York’s Lower East Side. This experience converted her into an activist, not only for feminism, but for fair working conditions in the textile industry. Margaret was a polarizing figure. She was seen as antagonistic, even by the groups she fought for. Nevertheless she continued to fight for her causes. The United States owes much

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    Planned Parenthood Do you know what Planned Parenthood actually does? Many people don't know all the benefits Planned Parenthood has to offer. I believe that Planned Parenthood is very important and a great resource to have for many reasons. Googles definition of Planned Parenthood is “a program designed to help women and teenagers making the right decisions dealing with abortions, birth control, pregnancy, and women's health.” This health center believes young adults can make “responsible decisions”

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    Health care and what people are legally allowed to do with their bodies have created controversy galore throughout history. A particular point of debate is the topic of birth control and the government. A dangerous couple, it raises the question of who should have control over contraceptive laws and what controls involving them should be put in place? Currently, under the Obama Administration, the Affordable Care Act and “Obamacare” have been created. One of the sections of this new plan creates

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    Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is a health care service that caters to an array of people, from low income families to the youth. The government should fund Planned Parenthood because besides funding abortion, it also offers general, affordable healthcare, and provides services to the LGBT community. As people persist to debate on Planned Parenthood the division of abortion is often disputed. The basis for this is because people are concerned about the abortion service Planned Parenthood executes

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    Rhetorical Analysis of “The Children’s Era” Today, the availability of birth control is taken for granted. There was a time, not long passed, during which the subject was illegal (“Margaret Sanger,” 2013, p.1). That did not stop the resilient leader of the birth control movement. Margaret Sanger was a nurse and women’s activist. While working as a nurse, Sanger treated many women who had suffered from unsafe abortions or tried to self-induce abortion (p.1). Seeing this devastation and noting

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