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Working with the Urban League in 1929,  Sanger opened up the first birth control clinic in Harlem, New York.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ELIJD2ErMgwC&pg=PA298 Women and Health in America: Historical Readings]</ref>  That same year, Sanger established the ''National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control'' as a lobbying organization, in order to influence the creation and amendment of laws pertaining to abortion and birth control.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=S60656aS4PAC&pg=PA55 Life, Death and the Law: Law and Christian Morals in England and the United States]</ref>  It was closed in 1937, only six months after the court case ''United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries''.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2745054?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Lobbying for Birth Control]</ref>
 
Working with the Urban League in 1929,  Sanger opened up the first birth control clinic in Harlem, New York.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ELIJD2ErMgwC&pg=PA298 Women and Health in America: Historical Readings]</ref>  That same year, Sanger established the ''National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control'' as a lobbying organization, in order to influence the creation and amendment of laws pertaining to abortion and birth control.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=S60656aS4PAC&pg=PA55 Life, Death and the Law: Law and Christian Morals in England and the United States]</ref>  It was closed in 1937, only six months after the court case ''United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries''.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2745054?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Lobbying for Birth Control]</ref>
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[[Image:Sangerandgandhi.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Margaret Sanger and [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]]]]
 
In 1936, Sanger met with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] while on a visit to India.<ref name=GandhiDebate>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ldfPVpnItXAC&pg=PA279 The Cultural Construction of Sexuality]</ref>  During their debate, Gandhi surprised her by rejecting her arguments.  Gandhi was of the belief that love becomes lust if it is for the purpose of satisfaction.  For Gandhi, men should endeavor to rise above animality and carnal satisfaction.  He opposed artificial birth control and preached abstinence.<ref name=GandhiDebate />
 
In 1936, Sanger met with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] while on a visit to India.<ref name=GandhiDebate>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ldfPVpnItXAC&pg=PA279 The Cultural Construction of Sexuality]</ref>  During their debate, Gandhi surprised her by rejecting her arguments.  Gandhi was of the belief that love becomes lust if it is for the purpose of satisfaction.  For Gandhi, men should endeavor to rise above animality and carnal satisfaction.  He opposed artificial birth control and preached abstinence.<ref name=GandhiDebate />
  
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