Facts:
1. The first birth control clinic was opened by Margaret Sanger in 1916.
2. In the early 1900's, a study found that 41% of women who had received medical care through clinics operated by New York City's Health Department had never used contraception.
3. Of those 41%, at least half had at least one abortion.
4. At this time, it was illegal for Sanger to give out information on contraceptive options, which angered poor, young women.
5. Passing out such information was illegal under the 1873 Comstock Law.
6. Margaret Sanger was one of eleven kids.
7. Condoms were created in the 1850's due to the start of vulcanization of rubber.
8. By the 1930's, a Gallop poll showed that 75 percent of Americans favored contraception.
9. By the late 1960's, Richard Nixon was pushing congress to increase federal funding for family planning.
10. Nixon was re-elected in 1972; a year later, the Supreme Court issued its key ruling on abortion in Roe vs. Wade.
Questions:
1. Do you feel that abortion should be legal or illegal?
2. Which is a better option, abortion or adoption?
3. Are enough women educated on abortion?
4. Are abortions still considered dangerous or unsafe?
5. How many women go through abortions per year?
6. How many doctors were arrested for releasing illegal information?
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