Whether you are researching for a university essay or just want to learn more about the legal battle between Dr. Marie Stopes and Dr. Halliday Sutherland, this list will help you understand the case (and the last one is the most essential of all of them!). “Marie Stopes Her Work and Her Play” by Aylmer …
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In the first article I set out the evidence that demonstrated that the Mothers’ Clinic was a eugenic project that accorded with Marie Stopes’ scientific racism. In Part Two, I listed some of the techniques that obfuscate the evidence and the conclusions to be drawn from it. In this Third (and last) article, I speculate …
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In the previous article, I set out the evidence which showed that Marie Stopes established the Mothers’ Clinic to achieve her eugenic goals. Despite all of the evidence, you would never know it, because these aspects are frequently obfuscated. When researching Exterminating Poverty (with Neil Sutherland), we became familiar with the techniques used, and I …
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One of the key events in Exterminating Poverty: the true story of the eugenic plan to get rid of the poor and the Scottish doctor who fought against it occurred on on 17th March 1921. It was the day Marie Stopes and Humphrey Roe opened the Mothers’ Clinic in Holloway, London. For many years, the …
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Five centenaries in the history of birth control that will be marked in 2021. Anniversaries are important — Centenaries more so, and not just because of the bigger number. They help you think about how things were 100-years ago. In some ways the passing of time obscures your view of events, but in others it …
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