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Bill Baird (born June 20, 1932) is a reproductive rights pioneer, called by some media the "father" of the birth control and abortion-rights movement. He was jailed eight times in five states in the 1960s for lecturing on abortion and birth control.
William Baird Fritz, Sr., 89, of Hummelstown, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loving family and pets. Born in Carlisle on January 4, 1928, he was the son of the late Chester and Evelyn Lay Fritz.
Oct 7, 2019 · Baird became an abortion-rights crusader—or extremist, many at the time would have said—after visiting Harlem Hospital in 1963 as the clinical director for EMKO, a birth control...
Dec 21, 2023 · Baird ultimately served ninety days of a possible ten-year sentence in Boston’s Charles Street Jail for his role in defying the state’s prohibition on birth control dissemination. He was freed after the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed his conviction, but the case eventually reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jun 8, 2022 · The most famous of his court cases, Eisenstadt v. Baird, established nothing less than the right for all Americans, married and unmarried alike, to have access to and use birth control. It was...
William Baird Fritz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
