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Stopes, Marie Carmichael
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Stopes, Marie Carmichael (stōps), 1880–1958, English paleobotanist and eugenicist, b. Edinburgh, D.Sc. Univ. of London, Ph.D. Univ. of Munich. She lectured on paleobotany at the universities of London and Manchester. In 1921, with Humphrey Verdon Roe, her second husband, she founded the first birth-control clinic in the British Empire. Her activities in this field gave impetus to similar movements elsewhere. Her many works include books on eugenics, birth control, and paleobotany.
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Jill Michelson, National Clinical Advisor for sexual healthcare provider Marie Stopes International, said teens were becoming sexually active at an earlier age "yet they aren't necessarily being equipped to deal with such emotional and physical challenges.
Generation Y asked to record their sex views for health study by Asian News International
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TEEN DEATH CLINIC PROMISES REVIEW by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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