consisted of spermicides, condoms, and information about purchasing additional items like diaphragms. The trial resulting from her arrest attracted both Canada's most prominent advocates for birth control, representatives of the major churches, and other birth control opponents. Among them were Dr. Brock Chisholm, Mary Elizabeth Hawkins, founder of the Hamilton Birth Control Society, and Reverend Dr. C.E. Silcox of the United Church. Kaufman welcomed the chance to test Canada's laws in court. He spent $25,000 mounting a defense for Palmer, a considerable sum at the time, in what would later be known as The Eastview Birth Control Trial which took place from 1936 to 1937. During the trial, Palmer was the subject of attacks and abuse by those who opposed her. In one incident, a man pulled her into an alley and attempted to rape her, telling her that he'd "show you what it's like without any birth control." Palmer managed to knee him in the groin and escape. A defense motion for dismissal of charges was filed and ruled by Magistrate Lester Clayton. On March 17, 1937, the court acquitted Palmer on the basis that her actions had passed the criminal code's pro bono publico clause: that her actions were done entirely in the interest of the public good with no excess in her actions beyond serving the public good. Drawing international attention, the landmark case gained Palmer the moniker "the Marie Stopes of Canada" a nod to the woman who co-founded the first birth control clinic in Britain. Although contraception was not fully legalized in Canada until 1969, no other person was ever prosecuted for distributing information about birth control in the country. Palmer spoke publicly about the position she was placed in by men involved with the birth control movement and the trial expressing that she had done the "dirty work" on their behalf. In a 1978 interview, she explained: "Doctors weren't allowed to prescribe birth control themselves. If they found a damn fool woman to do it, well okay. That's the way of men, isn't it? If it's anything tough, find a good woman to do it." Later life Due to the public attention and criticism that accompanied the trial, Palmer spent the majority of her adult life out of the public eye. She relocated to another address and went by her maiden name, Palmer, rather than her married name, Ferguson, to shield her husband and