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→Birth control activism: Eh, this is redundant, and opening the clinic wasn't illegal; operating it was
==Birth control activism==
==Birth control activism==
Margaret Sanger illegally opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, in October [[1916]] in [[Brooklyn]], New York. It was raided by the police, and shut down. Sanger was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for distributing contraceptives, which was illegal in the United States at that time.
Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, in October [[1916]] in [[Brooklyn]], New York. It was raided by the police, and shut down. Sanger was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for distributing contraceptives, which was illegal in the United States at that time.
==Statements by Margaret Sanger==
==Statements by Margaret Sanger==