Stopes

American  

[stohps] / stoʊps /

noun

1. Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.

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Stopes British  

/ stəʊps /

noun

1. Marie Carmichael. 1880–1958, English pioneer of birth control, who established the first birth-control clinic in Britain (1921)

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Stopes

A Marie Stopes spokesperson in Kenya told the BBC by email that the case had been a long and difficult ordeal for all those involved.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023

David Ayres, country director with Marie Stopes PNG, which has nurses in 13 hospitals, told Reuters health workers throughout the country were falling ill.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2021

The family-planning organization Marie Stopes International estimates that there could be up to 2.7 million extra unsafe abortions performed as a consequence of COVID-19.

From Nature ● Jul. 7, 2020

Marie Stopes warned last month that disruptions in service in 37 countries where the organization works could prevent 9.5 million women from accessing contraceptives and safe abortion.

From Washington Post ● May 8, 2020

No, sage Viscountess Harberton, sweet Mrs. Stopes, You had better not nourish ridiculous hopes About "rationalising" our frocks and our shoes.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 by Various

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