Edward Bliss Foote (February 20, 1829 – October 5, 1906) was an American medical doctor, writer, and advocate for birth control.

[1][2][3] Edward Bliss Foote was born in Cleveland on February 20, 1829.

[4] In 1858, he published Medical Common Sense, which contained frank discussion of sexual health for the general public.

[5] He was subsequently convicted under the Comstock Act of 1873 and forced to remove information about birth control from the book.

[5] He was a co-founder of the Free Speech League.