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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Example Sentences

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

Sadly, as Cleghorn relates, despite their importance as advocates for women’s reproductive health, the records of Sanger and Stopes are tainted by their eugenicist beliefs.

From Washington Post

The email was cited as evidence in the court hearing for Christian Concern’s legal challenge by a key witness, Kevin Duffy, a former staff member at Marie Stopes International who now supports Christian Concern’s work.

From The Guardian

“What Marie Stopes would have done with U.S. government funding, at the pace it was going, was just going to be enormous,” he said, referring to MSI.

From New York Times

Stopes supported eugenics, the now-discredited movement to improve the human race through selective reproduction.

From Seattle Times