Birth Control In American History

Since the introduction in American history of the ever made birth control pills starting in 1873, families had decreased its numbers of children since then. In 1873, the federal law had banned the distribution of contraceptives throughout the state lines, but such governor action did not put the distribution of contraceptives to a complete stop. As birth control became a largely distribution in the nation even with such enforcement, many crimes were still committed to which this became known as the criminalization era. Though, to those who distributes these contraceptives have their own techniques that they can majority of the time escapes from their crime in any possible ways. Anyhow, distributors/Americans continue to purchase and produce birth control after it became illegal and get away through their own methods. First of all, in the introduction of birth control, many middle classes to upper classes sought the power over these contraceptives to limit the number of children they want. It then also became popularized among few poverty families as they seek to decrease their way from having many children to lesser as these mothers could not afford to raise many children properly and comfortably. However, the national contraceptive industry declared its policy in making birth control illegal, but the continuation of consuming these pills goes on. Due to the fact that these women/mothers are seeking out for birth control more and more, purchases increases. Though, in the federal law, birth control is announced illegal, purchases still continues because it is “a time when only a privileged few could afford the services of sympathetic doctors or of a dwindling number of merchants who would discreetly ignore the …show more content…
Sarah Chase sells birth control for four years in her life and had been arrested many times, yet after each time she was released from jail, she resume on her business again and again. Once she was arrested by Comstock, but the trial did not warrant her any penalty since there was insufficient evidence to lead it to court. There was no way of putting her to a stop; she was persistent in her trade within the black market birth control. Not just only Sarah, but there are also many other contraceptive entrepreneurs that stills carries out their businesses. Some further investigators indicate that majority of these contraceptives entrepreneurs pertains to be: women, immigrants, and …show more content…
Sarah though, was dismissed from all charges and the afterwards arrest the grand jury even refused to indict her as she was then free to leave back where she began her business over.
The Comstock Law forbid the legalization of contraceptives distribution; however, only then “Comstock identified birth control as an increasingly conspicuous and profitable business operated,...” (Tone 439). The growth of birth control gradually rises until today in the realization that although they are illegal, it is a fact that birth control had been used in the beginning since the colonial time.
All in all, Americans continues to purchase these birth control and furthermore, even resume to producing them because of the good business it makes. Mainly a high percentage of women would purchase such pills and this cause the process of producing it further. Despite the illegalness, contraceptives became highly used as women desire to decrease their numbers of children especially poverty families. Comstock view such action immoral, thus birth control usage resume