BOX, Muriel:

THE TRIAL OF MARIE STOPES.

London, Published by Femina Books. 1967. Item #196124

The Trial of Marie Stopes, who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in the British empire. When,Catholic Dr. Halliday Sutherland accused her of taking advantage of the ignorance of the poor, she sued him for libel and defamation. Although she ultimately lost the third and final decision in the House of Lords, she succeeded in bringing the topic of birth control into the open. She was against abortion and believed birth control was the solution.

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