Terry Gross Interview- "How Birth Control and Abortion Became Politicized"

Facts:

1. Opponents argued granting rights of person-hood to a fertilized egg would make abortion a crime and outlaw certain forms of birth control.
2. Margaret Sanger operated the first birth control clinic in the U.S.
3. The first birth control clinic opened in 1916.
4. Sanger came from an Irish, Catholic family; she was one of 11 children
5. Sanger helped deliver baby when she was 8 years old; her mother died of tuberculosis.
6. During her time, it was illegal to distribute information, mail, or write about contraception.
7. Sanger expected to get arrested when she opened her clinic because she was going to give out information about birth control, even though it was illegal.
8. 41% of women who received care never used contraceptives; out of these women,an average had at least 1 abortion.
9. Sanger was accused of being eugenic.
10. Madison Grant and Paul Popenoe were eugenics; they believed the population can improve by only letting the biologically "fit" to reproduce.

Questions:

1. Have there been more or less abortions after the Roe vs. Wade case, making abortion legal (protected by the Constitution)?
2. Were there more women that agreed with Sanger,opposing abortion, or did more women disagree?
3. Why was Sanger not allowed to give out information about contraception, even if women wanted it?
4. How do other countries handle the issue of abortion?
5. What are risks of having an abortion? Any risks of use of contraceptives?
6. Is it expensive to have an abortion?