Dr. Aletta Jacobs was the only doctor to explicitly advocate for women's use of birth control based on personal choice and not simply medical necessity, like Dr. John Williams. Dr. R. C. Brannon and Dr. Howard A. Kelly both believed that the only legitimate way to prevent pregnancy was abstinence; the reasons for this argument ranged from an inherent moral obligation to maintaining mental health. Harpers Weekly interviews show how multifaceted the issue of birth control was, how it offended people morally and socially. It would have been more beneficial if the document had been more ethnically diverse and with greater women's weight. The fact that the only doctor to advocate for contraceptives was a woman speaks volumes about the disconnect between male and female perspectives on the issue. The question arises: can a man have an objective weight on this issue? Since indisputably both the physical sacrifice and the emotional burden of carrying a pregnancy to term and caring for an unwanted child fell solely on the