The term "birth control" was first used by Margaret Sanger in a June issue of The Woman Rebel. Sanger then went on to open up the first US birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York. She believed that every woman should have access to information about birth control and a place to get it safely.

The police immediately raided the clinic and arrested Margaret Sanger for violating the Comstock Law. Later, Margaret Sanger was released and went on to establish Planned Parenthood.