Talk:Marie Stopes
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This page doesn't explicitly mention that Marie Stopes clinics do abortions
The paragraphs on this page which focus on the Marie Stopes International Partnership appear to be written by someone within the organization. Is there anyone with knowledge of this organization (who doesn't work for them!) who has any knowledge to contribute about their operations? Marie Stopes International is a large organization and I wonder if it doesn't deserve it's own page. What do others think? I think it is a significant, culturally important, organization given their stance on abortion, but I don't know enough about them to start a page up on my own.
I would agree that the organisation needs it's own page. It certainly does abortions(surgical and RU-486) and sterilisations for both men and women, which Marie Stopes herself was not involved with. She was more into providing barrier methods of contraception, which was largely all that was available in her time and the organisation provdes these outside of the UK. I would be more than willing to help develop this article, but I might be a little too close to organisation as my partner works there. Fluffball70 18:09, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I find this entry a little odd. It focuses far more on Stopes' little known interest in Eugenics than it does on what she was actually known for (ie her work around birth control). Her books such as Married Love and her work in the field arguably helped change the shape of society by making family planning far more widespread. Obviously, not everyone will agree that this is a good thing, but it would be nice if the article reflected her impact a bit more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Numberjumble (talk • contribs) 16:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
The Eugenics is definitely given too much weight within the article. Also some of the assertions made are incorrect (before I edited them.) The remark about leaving money to Eugenics society needs a reference. Claude McNab —Preceding comment was added at 19:14, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
