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  1. Official Site: Planned Parenthood
  2. Official Site: International Planned Parenthood Federation
  3. Wikipedia: Planned Parenthood
  4. teenwire.com: Sexuality and Relationship Info You Can Trust From Planned Parenthood
  5. Planned Parenthood Action Fund: The Political Arm of Planned Parenthood
  6. Planned Parenthood Action Network: Save Roe!
  7. YouTube & Google Video: What is Planned Parenthood?

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  • 1921: The American Birth Control League is founded by Margaret Sanger
  • 1942: The ABCL changes its name to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA)
  • 1950: An estimated 200,000–1,300,000 illegal abortions occur annually in the U.S
  • 1951: Gregory Pincus persuades the GD Searle Company to research developing a contraceptive pill
  • 1952: The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is launched at a conference in Bombay
  • 1953: Alfred Kinsey reports that 22 percent of married women have had an abortion and that 90 percent of pregnancies outside of marriage end in abortion
  • 1957: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the sale of oral steroid pills for menstrual regulation. 500,000 women enjoy its contraceptive benefits
  • 1960: FDA approves the sale of oral steroid pills for contraception
  • 1962: Women who had taken thalidomide during pregnancy give birth to children missing arms and legs
  • 1964: Rubella epidemic causes high incidence of fetal deformity, persuading the public of the need for legal and safe abortion
  • 1965: The Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, legalizes birth control for married couples
  • 1976: Planned Parenthood v. Danforth challenged the constitutionality of a Missouri law encompassing parental consent, spousal consent, clinic bookkeeping and allowed abortion methods
  • 1978: Faye Wattleton is appointed the first woman president of PPFA since Margaret Sanger
  • 1999: PPFA launches teenwire.com, a 24-hour fully confidential Web site for teens
  • 2000: FDA approves mifepristone as an abortifacient, providing an alternative to surgical abortion
  • 2001: SaveRoe.com and CoverMyPills.org launched
  • 2006: FDA approves over-the-counter status for Plan B emergency contraception (EC) for women 18 and older

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