Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was among the first political leaders to stress on the need for family planning & birth control.
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Speaking before a group of students in 1938, Dr Ambedkar stressed that it was the responsibility of both, the husband & wife to ensure family planning. A smaller family would enable better financial planning, ensure that women can maintain their health & help them divert their
energies elsewhere.
In 1938, Prabhakar (P.J) aka Dadasaheb Roham, a legislator from Dr Ambedkar's Independent Labour Party (ILP) tabled a bill in the Bombay legislative council seeking family planning. This was with Dr Ambedkar's support.
In 1938, Prabhakar (P.J) aka Dadasaheb Roham, a legislator from Dr Ambedkar's Independent Labour Party (ILP) tabled a bill in the Bombay legislative council seeking family planning. This was with Dr Ambedkar's support.
Dr Ambedkar also supported a bill to empower women workers & grant them paid maternity leave. Most importantly, he defended in court the rationalist R.D Karve, who was among the 1st reformers to fight for the cause of birth control, family planning, sexual freedom & sex education
Karve, the son of educationist Dhondo Keshav Karve, was accused of vulgarity for these writings in his periodical 'Samajswasthya'. It was Babasaheb who supported him in court in 1934.
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