In today’s world, it is common for a woman to be on birth control for various reasons, such as menstrual cycle regulation, reducing acne, regulating hormones, etc. Between the years 2015-2017, almost 50 million women were on birth control in the United States (Products - Data Briefs - Number 327 - December 2018). Being on birth control is a choice that women are granted, and this would not have been possible if it wasn’t for Margaret Sanger. Margaret Sanger is a well-known figure in women’s reproductive rights and gender equality. She made her greatest impact in the 20th century during the progressive era, because she rebelled against societal norms around contraception and made it possible for women to have autonomy over their bodies and reproductive
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She dedicated her life to empowering and making sure that women knew that they had basic human rights, such as women having control over decisions made about their bodies, and that anyone should have the right to decide whether they are ready to have a child or not. With these goals in mind, on October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger founded her non-profit organization called Planned Parenthood, which still stands to this day. Throughout Margaret Sanger’s life, she made a significant change in the trajectory of women’s equality by developing women's rights on a legal level, specifically combatting the Comstock Laws and creating the company Planned Parenthood, which still carries her legacy. Margaret Sanger had strong beliefs that a woman's choice to access birth control is a fundamental right that everyone should have. Not only did she think that limiting access to contraception was wrong, but she also believed that it gave women a disadvantage and inequality. Therefore, Sanger brought it upon herself to make it her duty to advocate for women's reproductive
She dedicated her life to empowering and making sure that women knew that they had basic human rights, such as women having control over decisions made about their bodies, and that anyone should have the right to decide whether they are ready to have a child or not. With these goals in mind, on October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger founded her non-profit organization called Planned Parenthood, which still stands to this day. Throughout Margaret Sanger’s life, she made a significant change in the trajectory of women’s equality by developing women's rights on a legal level, specifically combatting the Comstock Laws and creating the company Planned Parenthood, which still carries her legacy. Margaret Sanger had strong beliefs that a woman's choice to access birth control is a fundamental right that everyone should have. Not only did she think that limiting access to contraception was wrong, but she also believed that it gave women a disadvantage and inequality. Therefore, Sanger brought it upon herself to make it her duty to advocate for women's reproductive