American Birth Control League

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The American Birth Control League (ABCL, dt. American League for birth control ) was an organization founded in 1916 by a reorganization of the 1921 National Birth Control League was born. It was incorporated into New York State on April 5, 1922 . Their headquarters were at 104 Fifth Avenue , New York City . By 1924 it had 27,500 members and ten field offices in Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana , Michigan , Massachusetts , Connecticut , and ColoradoBritish Columbia . In 1942 the ABCL was reorganized and renamed the Planned Parenthood Federation of America .

In 1921, ABCL organized the first American Birth Control Conference, held in New York City from November 11-18, 1921. Subsequent conferences were held in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Albany, and Chicago over the next two years. In addition, the ABCL published leaflets, brochures, books and the monthly newsletter Birth Control Review .

Margaret Sanger served as president of the organization ; Lewis L. Delafield and Juliet Barrett Rublee were vice presidents. Lothrop Stoddard and CC Little were also co-founders .

aims

In a statement, the ABCL stated the following goals:

  • Educate and relate all sectors of the American public to the various aspects of the dangers of uncontrolled reproduction and the need for a worldwide birth control program (including involuntary sterilization ).
  • Correlation of the discoveries made by scientists, statisticians, investigators and social authorities in all areas
  • Organization and management of clinics where medical professionals can convey harmless and reliable methods of birth control to mothers and potential mothers
  • Enlisting the support of legal counsel, statesmen, and lawmakers to eliminate state and federal birth control laws

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