Terry Gross Interview: How Birth Control And Abortion Became Politicized

Facts:
1. Granting a fertilized egg people rights would make abortion a crime.
2. Margaret Sanger founded the first abortion clinic.
3. The first birth control clinic in the United States opened in 1916.
4. Margaret Sanger came from an Irish Catholic family.
5. Margaret Sangers mom died of tuberculosis.
6. Margaret Sanger helped her mom give birth to her siblings, she coined the term birth control.
7. Contraception is illegal, but women asked Margaret about it.
8. Condoms were very expensive and Margaret would recommend it.
9. Child birth was very dangerous, many people died from it.
10. Giving out information about birth control is illegal and Margaret gave out information about it!

Questions:
1. Why was birth control illegal back then?
2. Why was abortion criminalized?
3. Writing and talking about Contraception was illegal...why?
4. Was birth control even effective back then?
5. Why was abortion unwanted back in the 1900's?
6. Margaret Sanger worked hard to help women, why was she so determined?
7. How did Margaret Sanger make allies?