Baer, Judith A. Historical & Multicultural Encyclopedia of Female Reproductive Rights In the United States. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2002. Ebook.

Baer’s encyclopedia provided a reference for the cases I used in my project. Her book detailed cases as well as provided information on family, contraception, and law from a historical perspective.  Baer gave insight into Margaret Sanger and her movement and exposed the meaning behind some of her initiatives.

Baker, Carrie N. The History of Abortion Law in the United States. 14 September 2020. <https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book-excerpts/health-article/u-s-abortion-history/>.

This article was written last year and gave details about accessing abortions during the current pandemic as well as a history of abortions in America. Baker included topics like funding, working to protect abortion rights and activism in the community. Baker is a professor of Women and Gender Studies and an author. She has received awards for her writing and continue to work for abortion rights. Dr. Baker explains the work done so far and the obstacles we face in obtaining full abortion rights.

Dienes, C. Thomas. Law, Politics, & Birth Control. University of Illinois Press, 1972.

I borrowed this book from the Brooklyn Library and it was a wealth of knowledge. In fact, almost all of my research sources included this book as a reference. Dienes gave a history of birth control, not only in America, but worldwide. He included primitive methods and moved on to the first American laws to ban contraception. The book is old and historical and the writing is factual rather than opinionated.

Gordon, Linda. The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America. University of Illinois Press, 2002.

Gordon showed the inequality that women suffered at the hands of male politicians. She wrote about the laws enacted to restrict contraceptive rights and keep women under control. Gordon gave a look at the work that went into accomplishing reproductive rights over two hundred years ago. The book explains the movements that worked to change the status quo and made changes for women and couples in the US.

Kaplan, Laura. The Story of Jane the Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2019.

A most interesting book about the underground network providing abortions illegally. Although I did not use a lot of information from this text, it was worth reading. Kaplan wrote of the experiences of many women accessing the services, how the network began, how the learned to perform abortions and the setbacks they faced during that era. The book gives first-hand accounts from women, some anonymously, of their time in the service.

Parenthood, Planned. The History & Impact of Planned Parenthood. 2021. <https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/our-history#:~:text=On%20October%2016%2C%201916%2C%20Sanger,control%20clinic%20in%20Brownsville%2C%20Brooklyn.>.

Planned Parenthood has been in operation for over one hundred years and opened when birth control was still illegal. They help educate women about birth control methods, provide contraception and some locations offer abortion services. This website provided a firsthand history of the politics of birth control as the organization was instrumental in supporting women from various backgrounds with its services. The website lists laws, talks about people who helped the movement and the funding it provided over the years for research and development.