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1. www.bbc.co.uk › history › historic_figuresBBC - History - Historic Figures: Marie Stopes (1880 - 1958)

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   In 1921, Stopes opened a family planning clinic in Holloway, north London, the first in the country. It offered a free service to married women and also gathered data about contraception.

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3. blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk › 20speople-familyFamily planning in the 1920s: Marie Stopes and the ‘wise ...

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   Mar 29, 2022 · During the 1920s, Stopes pioneered ways to discuss family planning and provide birth control to the general population. Stopes attempted to disseminate her ideas to captive theatre audiences by...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Marie_StopesMarie Stopes - Wikipedia

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   Marie Stopes House in Whitfield Street near Tottenham Court Road was Britain's first family planning clinic after moving from its initial location in Holloway in 1925. In 1917, before meeting Marie Stopes, Humphrey Roe offered to endow a birth control clinic attached to St Mary's Hospital in Manchester.

5. www.parliament.uk › about › living-heritageNational Health Service (Family Planning) Act 1967 - UK ...

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   The 1967 Family Planning Act made contraception readily available through the NHS by enabling local health authorities to provide advice to a much wider population. Previously, these services were limited to women whose health was put at risk by pregnancy.

6. navigator.health.org.uk › theme › nhs-familyNHS Family Planning Act and the Abortion Act - Policy Navigator

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   • The Contraceptive Pill
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   The first human contraceptive pill was invented by Carl Djerassi in Mexico in 1951. The first commercially available oral contraceptive pill, Enovid, was invented by American chemist Frank Colton in 1960. In 1961, Health Minister Enoch Powell announced that women who wished to have oral contraception would be able to receive it through the NHS. The...

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   In 1967, parliament passed the NHS Family Planning Act, which enabled local health authority-funded family health clinics to give contraceptive advice to unmarried women, on both medical and social grounds. Edwin Brooks MP introduced it as a Private Members Bill. He identified a social problem whereby low income groups risked financial difficulties...

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   The Abortion Act 1967 legalised abortion under certain conditions. From 1929, the Infant Life Preservation Act had amended the law, stating that it would not be an offence to carry out abortion for the sole purpose of preserving the life of the mother. However, it took nearly another 40 years before the criteria were widened further. The Bourne cas...

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7. degrees.fhi360.org › 2014 › 09Family planning: A look at the past, the present and the future

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   Sep 15, 2014 · Fast forward to 1994, the year of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). This pivotal global event caused a seismic shift in family planning, from concern about population growth to a commitment to reproductive rights and justice. Women’s empowerment took center stage.

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   When did the Family Planning Association start?

   • The Family Planning Association (FPA) started in the 1930s with the aim of providing contraception to married women. In the 1960s Brook advisory was borne out of FPA to provide contraception for unmarried single women. FPA wasn’t hip enough! A story for another time.

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   When was the NHS Family Planning Act introduced?

   • In 1967, parliament passed the NHS Family Planning Act, which enabled local health authority-funded family health clinics to give contraceptive advice to unmarried women, on both medical and social grounds. Edwin Brooks MP introduced it as a Private Members Bill.

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   How did the Family Planning Act affect contraception?

   • The 1967 Family Planning Act made contraception readily available through the NHS by enabling local health authorities to provide advice to a much wider population. Previously, these services were limited to women whose health was put at risk by pregnancy.

   National Health Service (Family Planning) Act 1967

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   How did the National Health Service (Family Planning) Act affect women?

   • The passing of these Acts reflected changing attitudes to sex in society, highlighting a need for increased knowledge and conversation. Crucially, women were able to take control of their own fertility for the first time. National Health Service (Family Planning) Act Parliamentary Archives, HL/PO/PU/1/1967/c39

   National Health Service (Family Planning) Act 1967

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   What is a Family Planning Association (FPA)?

   • They have been widely distributed to clinics across the UK for over 20 years. Health professionals including GPs and sexual health Consultants, tell us how essential they are for their work. The Family Planning Association (FPA) started in the 1930s with the aim of providing contraception to married women.

   The old and the new: bridging the gap of FPA the Charity and FPA the

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   How did ICPD impact family planning?

   • Fast forward to 1994, the year of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). This pivotal global event caused a seismic shift in family planning, from concern about population growth to a commitment to reproductive rights and justice. Women’s empowerment took center stage.

   Family planning: A look at the past, the present and the future

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9. www.fpa.org.uk › the-old-and-the-new-bridging-theThe old and the new: bridging the gap of FPA the Charity and ...

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   The Family Planning Association (FPA) started in the 1930s with the aim of providing contraception to married women. In the 1960s Brook advisory was borne out of FPA to provide contraception for unmarried single women.