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The National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control was a birth control lobbying organization set up in 1929 in Chicago by Margaret Sanger and the Illinois Birth Control League.^[1]

The organization was set up into four regional sections. Its headquarters was moved to Washington, D.C. in 1933.^[1] The committee was disbanded in 1937, six months after the successful outcome in favor of birth control of the court case United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "Birth Control Organizations: National Committee on Federal Legislation on Birth Control". The Margaret Sanger Papers project. NYU. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
^ Benjamin, Hazel C. (1938-01-01). "Lobbying for Birth Control". The Public Opinion Quarterly. 2 (1): 48–60. doi:10.1086/265152. JSTOR 2745054.

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