Tag: November 1959

  • John F Kennedy, Birth Control Funding, Washington 1959

    John F Kennedy, Birth Control Funding, Washington 1959

    In the nation’s capital, a heated debate has been raging over the issue of birth control and foreign aid. On November 21, 1959, Senator Kennedy took a stand, dismissing the notion that the US would spend foreign aid funds on birth control projects as a form of ‘mean patriotism.’ However, this stance has put Kennedy…