Tag: Reproductive Rights
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Brief Timeline of Reproductive Rights
1873: Comstock Act 1916: Margaret Sanger, fellow activist, and sister opened the first U.S. abortion clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn. 1921: Margaret Sanger founded the American Birth Control League 1936: U.S. v One Package 1960: Enovid 1965: Griswold v. Connecticut 1967-1972: States reform abortion laws 1972: Eisenstadt v Baird 1973: Roe v. Wade 1976: Hyde Amendment…