Clinica Para Madres (1934-1950)

The Clinica Para Madres (Mother?s Clinic) opened in Tucson, Arizona, in December of 1934 as the first birth control [3] clinic in Arizona. After moving to Tucson, birth control [3] activist Margaret Sanger, along with a group of local philanthropic women, founded the clinic to provide Arizona women with contraception [4]. During the early 1900s in the US, contraception [4] was illegal under the federal Comstock Act. Additionally, many viewed contraception [4] and sex as obscene and not to be discussed in public or outside of marriage. In 1950 the clinic affiliated with the national organization [5], Planned Parenthood Federation of America [6], and it eventually became the Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona. Clinica Para Madres, the first birth control [3] clinic in Arizona, provided women with contraception [4] despite birth control [3] being illegal and socially stigmatized.