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Margaret Sanger coins the term Birth Control
Sanger uses the phrase in an issue of The Woman
Rebel, but is found in violation of the Comstock Law, which outlawed contraception.
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Sanger opens the first Birth Control clinic in America
"Oct.16: Sanger, with her sister and a friend, opens the first birth control clinic in America, in Brooklyn, New York. For the first time in American history, women can receive organized instruction in birth control. Oct. 26: After only 10 days, Sanger's clinic is raided by the vice squad and shut down. The women are arrested and all the condoms and diaphragms at the clinic are confiscated." https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-timeline/ -
Great Depression Era birth control is sold using the title “feminine hygiene”
Many women used a Lysol Douche, which was unsafe and ineffective.
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SCOTUS Griswold v. Connecticut
SCOTUS rules that married couples have a right to contraception.
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SCOTUS Eisenstadt v. Baird
The Supreme Court declares a Massachusetts law
prohibiting the sale of contraceptives to unmarried women unconstitutional. https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/uploads/filer_public/ed/78/ed78a43a-e466-4194-870c-251794d9d22b/7-16-14-birth-control-timeline-final.pdf -
FDA approves Copper T380A IUD
It was 4 years before companies started distributing them to women.
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Plan B One-Step
Emergency contraceptive pill Plan B One-Step made available for over the counter sale to anyone over the age of 18. -
Birth Control copays reach up to 600 dollars a year
Women are unable to take the pills regularly due to the extreme prices, which make the drug ineffective.
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Almost ALL Women Use Birth Control
99% of all sexually active women have used a form of contraception at some point.
