Dame Margaret Sparrow: contraception history

Kim Hill talks to Dame Margaret Sparrow about the history of contraception in New Zealand, 6 June 2015.

New Zealand Family Planning

This organisation has provided family planning and contraceptive advice to New Zealanders since 1936.

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