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While Stone expanded services at the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau to include fertility services and marital counseling, his national profile increased. He lectured internationally and contributed to popular publications like Readers Digest.

A Marriage Manual was published by Hannah and Abraham Stone as a guide to healthy marriages. It was one of the first books published on the subject of marriage, and was widely received by its audience. The book was written in the character of a…

Importation of contraceptives from the United Kingdom was closely monitored by United States customs authorities. In 1942, Stone’s colleagues in London shipped volpar paste, used in contraception devices in the United Kingdom, to him. The…

Abraham Stone (1890-1959) began his career as an urologist in New York City in the 1920s, and later expanded his specialties to include marriage counseling and family planning services. He became active in the family planning movement with his wife,…

Stone partnered with international family planning colleagues in efforts to prevent global overpopulation during the 1950s.

Stone received letters from women of various backgrounds requesting information on safe and legal birth control.