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Society, too, condemns the natural expression of Woman's emotion, save under certain prescribed conditions. In consequence of this, women suppress their maternal desires and today direct this great force into other channels, participating in the bigger and broader movements and activities in which they are active today.

— Margaret Sanger What Every Girl Should Know (1913)

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The campaign for birth control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical with the final aims of eugenics.

Birth Control Review (1918)

It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide.

Woman and the New Race (1922)

Let us not confuse the sexual impulse with love, for it alone is not love, but merely a necessary quality for the growth of love.

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I cannot respect the law as it exists today.

1916 flyer for Sanger's first clinic, stating "Do not kill, do not take life, but prevent."

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