<P> Also in 1965 , 26 states prohibited birth control for unmarried women . In 1967 Boston University students petitioned Bill Baird to challenge Massachusetts 's stringent `` Crimes Against Chastity , Decency , Morality and Good Order '' law . On April 6 , 1967 he gave a speech to 1,500 students and others at Boston University on abortion and birth control . He gave a female student one condom and a package of contraceptive foam . Baird was arrested and convicted as a felon , facing up to ten years in jail . He spent three months in Boston 's Charles Street Jail . During his challenge to the Massachusetts law , the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts stated that `` there is nothing to be gained by court action of this kind . The only way to remove the limitations remaining in the law is through the legislative process . '' Despite this opposition , Baird fought for five years until Eisenstadt v. Baird legalized birth control for all Americans on March 22 , 1972 . Eisenstadt v. Baird , a landmark right to privacy decision , became the foundation for such cases as Roe v. Wade and the 2003 gay rights victory Lawrence v. Texas . </P>
<P> Also in 1965 , 26 states prohibited birth control for unmarried women . In 1967 Boston University students petitioned Bill Baird to challenge Massachusetts 's stringent `` Crimes Against Chastity , Decency , Morality and Good Order '' law . On April 6 , 1967 he gave a speech to 1,500 students and others at Boston University on abortion and birth control . He gave a female student one condom and a package of contraceptive foam . Baird was arrested and convicted as a felon , facing up to ten years in jail . He spent three months in Boston 's Charles Street Jail . During his challenge to the Massachusetts law , the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts stated that `` there is nothing to be gained by court action of this kind . The only way to remove the limitations remaining in the law is through the legislative process . '' Despite this opposition , Baird fought for five years until Eisenstadt v. Baird legalized birth control for all Americans on March 22 , 1972 . Eisenstadt v. Baird , a landmark right to privacy decision , became the foundation for such cases as Roe v. Wade and the 2003 gay rights victory Lawrence v. Texas . </P>
when was the pill legalized in the us
when was the pill legalized in the us
March 22 , 1972
March 22 , 1972