“It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide.”

—  Margaret Sanger, book Woman and the New Race

Source: Woman and the New Race, (1922), Chapter 2, "Women's Struggle for Freedom"

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American birth control activist, educator and nurse 1879–1966

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