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The Birth Control Federation of America is formed, which will later become Planned Parenthood.

1939

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Margaret Sanger's American Birth Control League and the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau work together to form the Birth Control Federation of America.

At this time the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB) is the largest contraceptive clinic in the U.S., and will eventually be renamed the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in honor of their founder.