The Voluntary Parenthood League (VPL) was an organization that advocated for

contraception Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth contr ...

during the

birth control movement in the United States The birth control movement in the United States was a social reform campaign beginning in 1914 that aimed to increase the availability of contraception in the U.S. through education and legalization. The movement began in 1914 when a group of p ...

. The VPL was founded in 1919 by

Mary Dennett Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (April 4, 1872 – July 25, 1947) was an American women's rights activist, pacifist, homeopathic advocate, and pioneer in the areas of birth control, sex education, and women's suffrage. She co-founded the National ...

. The VPL was a rival organization to Margaret Sanger's American Birth Control League. The VPL

lobbied In politics, lobbying, persuasion or interest representation is the act of lawfully attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying, which ...

to change anti-contraception laws.Schultz, Jeffrey D. (Ed), ''Encyclopedia of women in American politics'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999, pp 231-2 In 1925 the VPL merged with the

American Birth Control League The American Birth Control League (ABCL) was founded by Margaret Sanger in 1921 at the First American Birth Control Conference in New York City. The organization promoted the founding of birth control clinics and encouraged women to control thei ...

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