The Importance Of Birth Control In America

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In 1912, I was walking around Greenwich Village where I cam across the ghettos. I walked by one and a Jewish immigrant who was a nurse and a mother of three children named Sadie Sachs. She had complications of a botched abortion which reminded me of working in the hospitals and seeing all of these procedures take place. She informed me that she was begging her doctor to provide her with contraception. But, he would not offer it to her at all. Because of my encounter with Sachs I decided to do something for all of the women in America.

I spoke publically about the importance and need of birth control in society.
Only the rich patients would be offered birth control from their doctor, which really bugged me. Because I feel that everyone should

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