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In the Courts
- 1916- Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic.
She is promptly arrested and jailed on obscenity charges.
- 1936- Margaret Sanger orders pessaries (diaphragms) from a
Japanese doctor. The U.S. government confiscates the shipment of diaphragms. After a long
court battle, the Court eventually dismisses the charges.
- 1965- the United States Supreme Court issues Griswold v.
Connecticut. For the first time, married couples have the constitutional right to use
contraception.
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Planned Parenthood of Western Washington
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