American Birth Control League

as the creation of a birth control pill, and the battle to legalize contraceptives. First, there were many dangers that women experienced during the time when forms of contraceptives…

pivotal public health achievements in today’s history. Did you know that between 1800 and 1900, family size declined from 7 to 3.5 children with the help of education and contraceptives? Previous to birth control movements, distributing information and counseling patients regarding any type of birth control was illegal under federal and state laws. During this time period, there was little wide spread knowledge about many medical conveniences including time of ovulation, fertility period as well…

Professor Irving Fisher of Yale that I write you concerning a suggestion which I made to him that sometime during the International Birth Control Conference there be a round-table discussion between the Eugenics group and the friends of Birth Control… “ Margaret Sanger, Sanger Letter (E-1-1), Truman State Special Collections, March 13, 1925. The connection between American first wave feminism and the eugenics movement, at first glance seems unusual. Eugenics is largely branded in the 21st…

Evidence and statistics prove that children in state care systems skip class or drop out of school, leading them to end up in prison. Berk and Meyer state, “Because about one-fourth of U.S. adolescent pregnancies end in abortion, the number of American teenage births is considerably lower than it was 50 years ago.” (Berk and Meyers) The number of teenage pregnancies is still high till this day. It is important for ministers and social workers to find strategies to increase adoption and find…

what to do. “Planned Parenthood is rooted in the courage and tenacity of american women and men willing to fight for women 's health, rights, and equality. Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, is one of the movement 's great heroes. Sanger 's early efforts remain the hallmark of Planned Parenthood 's mission: providing contraception and other health services to women and men, funding research on birth control and educating specialists and the public about the results, and…

The amount it costs to raise a child from birth to the age of 18 is approximately $245,340 (with a projected inflation at $304,480.) Someone who is not financially prepared to raise a child may not be able to properly care for one. Love goes a long way but it won 't pay for diapers, vaccinations…

What’s the purpose of marriage? Do you have to love someone to get married? Is it love or lust that decides if someone should get married? “Love and sexual desire are intrinsic to the human condition, basic drives that reside in mature adults regardless of time or place but if the urge to love and make love is constant, the freedom with which individuals may do so is anything but. After all, although making love is an enjoyable and cheap entertainment, the raising of children is hard work and…

or physical extraction (Kohler et al. 347). In scenarios where the female wishes to go through with the pregnancy, comprehensive sex education ensures that they provide insight on the various terms during pregnancy and what to expect during child birth. Also, if an individual wishes to have the child but put it up for adoption, these pathways are proposed as well. By offering a multitude of choices tends to every individual’s preference gives female students more alternatives rather than being…

Sexual education is important infomation that must be taught to kids. Teaching our youth about Sex Ed through preventative programs in school is essential of before adulthood. The debate over when sexual education has always been debated. The debate about when to teach your child is where the debate always begins. It is essential that children begin learning about o sexual education in primary school; this is so they are begin to conceptualize and understand the biological and physical…

their friends, whom most likely have just as much understanding as they do. Many teens also turn to the internet for sexual education or additional information they may or may not have been taught about in school, such as safe sex and methods of birth control. In a study conducted by the Journal of Adolescent Health, almost half of 177 popular sexual health websites contained inaccurate or false information about contraceptives. Most teenagers may have a basic understanding of sexual health,…