Edward Bliss Foote

Edward Bliss Foote (20 February 1829 – 5 October 1906) was an American doctor, author, and advocate for birth control. In 1858, Foote published Medical Common Sense, which contained frank discussion of sexual health for the general public. He was subsequently convicted under the Comstock Act and forced to remove information about birth control from the book. He was a co-founder of the Free Speech League.