Margaret Sanger was born on September 14, 1879 in Corning, New York, USA. She was a director and writer, known for Birth Control (1917) and The Mike Wallace Interview (1957). She was married to James Noah Henry Slee and William Sanger. She died on September 6, 1966 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1981.
Founder of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Publisher of the newspaper The Women Rebel.
Advocate of birth control.
Since 1966, the Margaret Sanger Award has been presented by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America "to recognize leadership, excellence, and outstanding contributions to the reproductive health and rights movement".
While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands of abortions performed in America each year are a disgrace to civilization.