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In the time of the early American feminists, sex between married couples was not always consensual. Many women bore 20 or more children, of whom only half survived. In order to affirm women’s rights within marriage, most feminist foremothers promoted “voluntary motherhood,” whereby women would have the education and right to fully participate in the decision to have sexual relations. FFL likewise supports life planning by focusing on one's education and career plans coupled with mentoring and empowering programs for teens.

(For more information on “voluntary motherhood” in the writings of early American feminists, please see Prolife Feminism Yesterday & Today edited by Mary Krane Derr, Rachel MacNair, and Linda Naranjo-Huebl.)