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Stopes

American  
[stohps] / stoʊps /

noun

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


Stopes British  
/ stəʊps /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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 • Jul. 1, 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

In mid-February, Marjia flew to London to have a surgical abortion at a Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2020

Mothers' Clinics for instruction in such prevention are now being established in England, through the advocacy of Mrs. Margaret Sanger and the actual initiative of Dr. Marie Stopes.

From Little Essays of Love and Virtue by Ellis, Havelock

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