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Moved detail about "coining the term birth control" to section on birth control. As an aside, the claim sounds plausible, but shoud have a reference.
[[Image:Sanger2.jpg|thumb|right|Margaret Sanger and her two sons.]]
[[Image:Sanger2.jpg|thumb|right|Margaret Sanger and her two sons.]]
'''Margaret Sanger''' (born: September 14, 1879; died: September 6, 1966) was an American birth control and eugenics activist who coined the term "[[birth control]]" who founded what became [[Planned Parenthood]]<ref>{{hnb|Peterson|2007}}, [http://www.hopeclinic.com/AbortionHistory.htm Abortion History]</ref> (then the ''American Birth Control League'').
'''Margaret Sanger''' (born: September 14, 1879; died: September 6, 1966) was an American birth control and eugenics activist who founded what became [[Planned Parenthood]]<ref>{{hnb|Peterson|2007}}, [http://www.hopeclinic.com/AbortionHistory.htm Abortion History]</ref> (then the ''American Birth Control League'').
== Eugenics ==
== Eugenics ==
==Birth control activism==
==Birth control activism==
Margaret Sanger opened and illegally operated 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 coined the term "[[birth control]]". In October of 1916, Sanger opened and illegally operated the first birth control clinic in the United States, 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==