“Our laws force women into celibacy on the one hand, or abortion on the other. [npg] Both conditions are declared by eminent medical authorities to be injurious to health.”

"Morality and Birth Control", February-March, 1918, pp. 11,14.
Birth Control Review, 1918-32

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