Margaret Sanger Research Bureau

The Margaret Sanger Research Bureau (MSRB) began as the Clinical Research Bureau in 1923, operating under the direction of the American Birth Control League (ABCL). In 1928, Sanger resigned as president of the ABCL and assumed full control of the clinic, renaming it the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB). The BCCRB reunited with the ABCL in a 1939 merger that created the Birth Control Federation of America (renamed Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) in 1942), but the clinic retained much of its independence. In 1940, the clinic's name was changed to the MSRB in honor of its founder. The MSRB became the clinical research arm of the PPFA. Due to financial struggles, the MSRB became affiliated with Columbia University in 1968, and rising costs forced the Bureau to shut down its headquarters and combine its staff with Planned Parenthood of New York City in a new facility called the Margaret Sanger Center which provided comprehensive contraceptive services for women and couples and became the largest combined birth control and fertility center in the world. In addition to its medical and research programs, the Center also offered a fellowship program for gynecologists and obstetricians for intensive training in birth control techniques. After Medical Director Hannah Stone's death in 1941, her husband Abraham Stone altered and expanded the Center to include research and services for infertility, in addition to contraception.

From the description of Margaret Sanger Research Bureau Records 1873-1973 (bulk 1917-1969) (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 60328114

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