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Social History of Medicine 1992 5(2):255-277; doi:10.1093/shm/5.2.255
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Marie Stopes in Ireland - The Mother's Clinic in Belfast, 1936-47

GRETA JONES*

*Department of History, University of Ulster at Jordanstown Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim BT37 oQB Northern Ireland

SUMMARY This study is a history of Marie Stopes's Mother's Clinic which opened in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1936. This was the first birth control clinic in Ireland and for a long time the only one. It operated against the background of two factors; Ireland's unique demographic history and the banning of artificial birth control in the Irish Free State. The motives and background of those setting up the clinic are examined. The impact is assessed and comment made on the women who used it. The changing motives over time for the take-up of contraception in Northern Ireland are discussed.

Keywords: birth control; contraception; abortion; Family Planning Association; maternity and child welfare


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