Margaret Sanger is best described as which of the following?

• A. Leader in legalizing birth control and founder of the first birth control clinic
• B. Advocate for banning birth control
• C. Opponent of Planned Parenthood
• D. Physician who discovered penicillin

Answer: (A)

Margaret Sanger’s most lasting impact lies in pushing for legal access to birth control and starting the first birth control clinic in the United States. She challenged restrictive laws that kept contraception out of reach and organized a movement that would grow into Planned Parenthood, shaping public policy and women’s reproductive rights for decades. This makes the description that highlights leadership in legalizing birth control and founding the first clinic the best fit. She did not advocate banning birth control, she supported expanding access; she was not an opponent of Planned Parenthood, and she was not the physician who discovered penicillin.