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The Pill's Pioneers: Thank You, Margaret Sanger, Dr. Djerassi, Et Al
By Jamie Stiehm - Politics DailyDear Margaret & Katharine, Dr. Rock & Dr. Djerassi, My generation has a special debt of gratitude to the Pill pioneers. Please accept warm thanks as the least we can do for your splendid efforts. Imagine it addressed in a flowing hand, sealed with wax and a kiss to each of you for making the world safer for love. We are not yet 50, Barack Obama and I, but we belong to the first American generation to come of age with a safe and legal birth control pill. How about that? Historians consider 1961, the year John F. Kennedy was inaugurated, as the cusp of a new post-Baby Boomer cohort. It was ...
Margaret Sanger: The Other Side of the Story
By Ellen Chesler - Politics DailyEditor's note: Earlier this month, I posted a piece about the astonishing turn of phrase uttered by Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a recent interview. Justice Ginsburg stated flatly that reducing the birthrate among certain populations had been a motivating rationale for early proponents of legalized abortion. Carl Cannon weighed in on July 22 with a historically based article showing that eugenics did indeed play a pivotal role in the thinking of early birth-control advocates, including Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger. Walter Shapiro of our staff then suggested that we solicit a different ...
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