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Birth Control

The best contraceptive is the word no — repeated frequently. – Margaret Smith

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. – Spike Milligan, The Last Goon Show of All

Familiarity breeds contempt — and children. – Mark Twain, Notebooks, 1935

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry. – H.L. Mencken, Notebooks, 1956

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins. – Chinese Proverb

The best contraceptive is a glass of cold water: not before or after, but instead. – Author Unknown

I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said “No.” – Woody Allen

When the history of civilization is written, it will be a biological history and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine. – H.G. Wells, 1935

For birth control, I rely on my personality. – Milt Abel

My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on. – Joan Rivers

Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favor of war, pestilence and famine as permanent features of human life. – Bertrand Russell

We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. – Dora Winifred Black Russell

It would be a service to mankind if the pill were available in slot machines and the cigarette were placed on prescription. – Malcolm Potts, MD

No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother. – Margaret Sanger

It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola. – Clare Short