After laws governing birth control were relaxed, sanger founded the american birth control league in 1921, which was renamed the planned parenthood federation of america in 1942. In bombay, the international planned parenthood federation ippf was founded at the 3rd international conference on planned parenthood. The birth control pill a history planned parenthood. Maraldo discussed planned parenthood federation of america recommendations for the clinton administration. Planned parenthood president leana wen forced out by board.
Planned parenthood has played and continues to play a central role in making safe and effective family planning, including the pill, available to women and men around the world. Margaret sanger and the racist roots of planned parenthood. Planned parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide. Martin luther king in 1966, and whose current president, faye wattleton, is black, a former nurse, and attractive. Between 1921 and 1942 the organization had two transformations. Studio headshot portrait of american social reformer margaret sanger, founder of the birth control movement. Cecile richards, president of planned parenthood federation of america, testifies before the house oversight and government reform committee on her organizations use of taxpayer funding. Planned parenthood federation of america, formerly bcfa. For nearly 40 years, the planned parenthood federation of america international program has been. These eugenic and racial origins are hardly what most people associate with the modern planned parenthood federation of america ppfa, which gave its margaret sanger award to the late dr. Today, planned parenthood federation of america is the u.
Donations are taxdeductible to the fullest extent allowable under the law. Sangers obsession with eugenics originated with her introduction to henry havelock ellis in 1914, a. In 1921, sanger founded the american birth control league, which later became the planned parenthood federation of america. Planned parenthood, in full planned parenthood federation of america, inc. Margaret sanger served as its president from 19521959. She outlined the numerous functions of the planned parenthood offices in cities. In new york city, she organized the first birth control clinic staffed by allfemale doctors, as well as a clinic in harlem with an all africanamerican advisory council. A trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around. S uch was the intellectual ferment out of which rose the american birthcontrol movement or, rather, the american birthcontrol movements, of which. C ecile richards, who for the past twelve years has been the president and ceo of the planned parenthood federation of america, draws deeply on her groups collection of anodyne talking points. While lieutenant governor forest was attacked by many on the left for pushing an uneducated, insensitive agenda, history backs him up. In 1921 margaret sanger founded the national lobbying organization, american birth control league abcl which in 1942 became planned parenthood federation of america ppfa. Johnson is a former board member of the planned parenthood action fund, the health clinics political advocacy arm, and a former chair of the planned parenthood federation of america. In 1942, the league officially changed its name to the planned parenthood federation of america.
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