Argumentative Essay On Margaret Sanger

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Due to her mother dying after having 18 pregnancies(7 of which were miscarriages), Margaret Sanger decided to become a nurse in New York, and advocate for women’s rights and birth control. While in New York, she realized that “many women, when faced with another unwanted pregnancy, resorted to five-dollar back-alley abortions” (GPB), resulting in health issues later on. She began to educate women on safe sex, and provide them with contraceptives. In 1916, Sanger was arrested for sending birth control to people through the mail, which during the time was illegal(because of the Comstock Act). In order to escape her prison time, she fled to Britain, where a judge found her not guilty, and Sanger was able to return back to New York. In new York

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