Reproductive Rights

Talking With Margaret Sanger’s Grandson on the 100th Anniversary of Planned Parenthood

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Talking With Margaret Sanger’s Grandson on the 100th Anniversary of Planned Parenthood

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On Sunday, Planned Parenthood celebrated 100 years since its first clinic opened its doors. That very first clinic, opened by birth-control activist and educator Margaret Sanger in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, was shut down after being open only ten days. Sanger was sentenced to 30 days in a workhouse for being a public nuisance. (She’d avoided jail only two years prior for distributing an illicit newspaper on the subject of birth control, called Family Limitation.) One hundred years later, there are 650 Planned Parenthood clinics serving communities across America — but the fight for women’s reproductive rights and access to care is not over.

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Planned Parenthood celebrates 100 years of activism from its NYC roots

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Chirlane McCray, front, as Planned Parenthood marks it’s 100th anniversary at City Hall. Sunday.

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One hundred years after a Brooklyn nurse was jailed for selling her patients an illegal pamphlet on birth control methods, Planned Parenthood is still redefining activism.

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Margaret Sanger’s grandson hopes for a future where we don’t need Planned Parenthood

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On Planned Parenthood 100th anniversary, the birth control pioneer’s grandson discusses her legacy.

Updated by Emily Crockett    emily@vox.com Oct 16, 2016, 12:15p
 
One hundred years ago today in 1916, Margaret Sanger started a revolution when she opened America’s first birth control clinic in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It was an illegal move that got Sanger arrested, since even information about contraceptives was banned as “obscene” material under the Comstock Law of 1873. But it was the opening salvo in a decades-long fight to make contraception legal and accessible for American women.

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100 years of Planned Parenthood celebrated at NYC City Hall

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Maria Alvarez, Special to Newsday

Alexander Sanger holds up a copy of a flyer printed by his grandmother Margaret Sanger at a ceremony at City Hall in Manhattan celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Planned Parenthood, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Photo Credit: Anthony Lanzilote

Dozens of supporters, including numerous Democratic candidates at national and local levels, celebrated 100 years of Planned Parenthood on Sunday, telling tales of its impact on them and promising continued support.

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Planned Parenthood is 100 years old, but the fight for reproductive rights goes on

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An Op-ed by Alexander Sanger for The Guardian
October 16, 2016

My grandmother served a month in jail 100 years ago. Her crime? Opening the first birth control clinic in the US. Her name was Margaret Sanger, and she was the founder of Planned Parenthood. That first clinic was open for just 10 days in 1916 before the police shut it down; its very existence was considered a “public nuisance”. Today, Planned Parenthood is the single-largest provider of reproductive healthcare services in the country. Continue reading →

This Is How Margaret Sanger Founded Planned Parenthood in NYC 100 Years Ago

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This Is How Margaret Sanger Founded Planned Parenthood in NYC 100 Years Ago

By Nicole Levy

Margaret Sanger's birth control clinic was located at 46 Amboy St. in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Margaret Sanger’s birth control clinic was located at 46 Amboy St. in Brownsville, Brooklyn. View Full Caption

Alexander Sanger
On the morning of Oct. 16, 1916, a long line of Brooklyn residents and their baby carriages formed outside a Brownsville brownstone.

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Why Making a Fundraising Call is Better than Root Canal

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Alexander Sanger

Alexander Sanger was introduced to me by the Director of Major Gifts at International Planned Parenthood Federation /Western Hemisphere Region, Jessica Gillotta. “I love Alexander,” Jessica said, “because he’s an equal partner when it comes to fundraising. He’s not afraid to come on a donor call, ask people for money, and roll up his sleeves.” 
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