---
title: 'Birth Control (1917)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Margaret Sanger'
released: '1917-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/birth-control-1917'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168512/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Birth Control (1917)

1917 · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

Birth Control is a lost 1917 American documentary film produced by and starring Margaret Sanger and describing her family planning work. It was the first film banned under the 1915 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, which held that the exhibition of films did not constitute free speech.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Margaret Sanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-sanger)
- **Screenplay:** [Margaret Sanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-sanger)
- **Producer:** [Margaret Sanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-sanger)

## Cast

- [Margaret Sanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-sanger)

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