Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau

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The Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau was a pioneering American clinic dedicated to providing contraceptive services and conducting scientific research on birth control methods in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf birth control clinic
research institution
affiliation American birth control movement NERFINISHED
Margaret Sanger’s network of organizations
associatedWith American social reform movements
Planned Parenthood movement NERFINISHED
contributedTo acceptance of contraception in mainstream medicine
development of standards for contraceptive practice
medicalization of birth control
country United States of America
surface form: United States
documentedIn historical studies of American birth control clinics
fieldOfWork birth control
contraception
public health
reproductive health
focus immigrant women
working-class women
foundedBy Hannah Stone NERFINISHED
Margaret Sanger NERFINISHED
other American birth control activists
hasLanguage English
ideology family limitation
women’s reproductive autonomy
inception 1923
legalStatus operated under medical supervision to comply with U.S. law of the time
location Manhattan
New York City
notableFor being one of the first legal birth control clinics in the United States
pioneering medically supervised contraceptive services
systematic clinical research on contraceptive methods
operatedBy nurses
physicians
social workers
originalName Clinical Research Bureau NERFINISHED
purpose collect clinical data on contraception
conduct scientific research on birth control methods
provide contraceptive services
regulates distribution of contraceptive devices to patients
researchActivity clinical trials of contraceptive methods
collection of patient case histories
statistical analysis of contraceptive effectiveness
serviceProvided contraceptive counseling
fitting of diaphragms
follow-up medical care
gynecological examinations
timePeriod early 20th century
interwar period

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Margaret Sanger founded Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau