Sanger published numerous books and journal articles promoting birth control’s cause because she fervently believed that birth control was necessary to protect: 1. a woman's health 2. her relationship with her husband 3. her ability to earn a living 4. her enjoyment of her own sexuality 5. the care of her existing children and 6. her very sanity. 1937 was the year that the AMA finally accepted birth control as a legitimate part of health care; however, Sanger needed a well respected member of the medical profession working from within organized medicine to achieve this major victory.