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| the birth of the pill: The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution Jonathan Eig, 2014-10-13 A Chicago Tribune Best Books of 2014 • A Slate Best Books 2014: Staff Picks • A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Books of 2014 The fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. We know it simply as the pill, yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan Eig's masterful narrative revolves around four principal characters: the fiery feminist Margaret Sanger, who was a champion of birth control in her campaign for the rights of women but neglected her own children in pursuit of free love; the beautiful Katharine McCormick, who owed her fortune to her wealthy husband, the son of the founder of International Harvester and a schizophrenic; the visionary scientist Gregory Pincus, who was dismissed by Harvard in the 1930s as a result of his experimentation with in vitro fertilization but who, after he was approached by Sanger and McCormick, grew obsessed with the idea of inventing a drug that could stop ovulation; and the telegenic John Rock, a Catholic doctor from Boston who battled his own church to become an enormously effective advocate in the effort to win public approval for the drug that would be marketed by Searle as Enovid. Spanning the years from Sanger’s heady Greenwich Village days in the early twentieth century to trial tests in Puerto Rico in the 1950s to the cusp of the sexual revolution in the 1960s, this is a grand story of radical feminist politics, scientific ingenuity, establishment opposition, and, ultimately, a sea change in social attitudes. Brilliantly researched and briskly written, The Birth of the Pill is gripping social, cultural, and scientific history. |
| the birth of the pill: This Is Your Brain on Birth Control Sarah Hill, 2019-10-01 An eye-opening book that reveals crucial information every woman taking hormonal birth control should know This groundbreaking book sheds light on how hormonal birth control affects women--and the world around them--in ways we are just now beginning to understand. By allowing women to control their fertility, the birth control pill has revolutionized women's lives. Women are going to college, graduating, and entering the workforce in greater numbers than ever before, and there's good reason to believe that the birth control pill has a lot to do with this. But there's a lot more to the pill than meets the eye. Although women go on the pill for a small handful of targeted effects (pregnancy prevention and clearer skin, yay!), sex hormones can't work that way. Sex hormones impact the activities of billions of cells in the body at once, many of which are in the brain. There, they play a role in influencing attraction, sexual motivation, stress, hunger, eating patterns, emotion regulation, friendships, aggression, mood, learning, and more. This means that being on the birth control pill makes women a different version of themselves than when they are off of it. And this is a big deal. For instance, women on the pill have a dampened cortisol spike in response to stress. While this might sound great (no stress!), it can have negative implications for learning, memory, and mood. Additionally, because the pill influences who women are attracted to, being on the pill may inadvertently influence who women choose as partners, which can have important implications for their relationships once they go off it. Sometimes these changes are for the better . . . but other times, they're for the worse. By changing what women's brains do, the pill also has the ability to have cascading effects on everything and everyone that a woman encounters. This means that the reach of the pill extends far beyond women's own bodies, having a major impact on society and the world. This paradigm-shattering book provides an even-handed, science-based understanding of who women are, both on and off the pill. It will change the way that women think about their hormones and how they view themselves. It also serves as a rallying cry for women to demand more information from science about how their bodies and brains work and to advocate for better research. This book will help women make more informed decisions about their health, whether they're on the pill or off of it. |
| the birth of the pill: America and the Pill Elaine Tyler May, 2010-09 In 1960, the FDA approved the contraceptive commonly known as “the pill.” Advocates, developers, and manufacturers believed that the convenient new drug would put an end to unwanted pregnancy, ensure happy marriages, and even eradicate poverty. But as renowned historian Elaine Tyler May reveals inAmerica and the Pill, it was women who embraced it and created change. They used the pill to challenge the authority of doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and lawmakers. They demonstrated that the pill was about much more than family planning—it offered women control over their bodies and their lives. From little-known accounts of the early years to personal testimonies from young women today, May illuminates what the pill did and didnotachieve during its half century on the market. |
| the birth of the pill: Sweetening the Pill Holy Grigg-Spall, 2013-10-07 Millions of healthy women take a powerful medication every day from their mid-teens to menopause - the Pill - but few know how this drug works or the potential side effects. Contrary to cultural myth, the birth-control pill impacts on every organ and function of the body, and yet most women do not even think of it as a drug. Depression, anxiety, paranoia, rage, panic attacks - just a few of the effects of the Pill on half of the over 80% of women who pop these tablets during their lifetimes. When the Pill was released, it was thought that women would not submit to taking a medication each day when they were not sick. Now the Pill is making women sick. However, there are a growing number of women looking for non-hormonal alternatives for preventing pregnancy. In a bid to spark the backlash against hormonal contraceptives, this book asks: Why can't we criticize the Pill? , |
| the birth of the pill: Just Get on the Pill Krystale E. Littlejohn, 2021-08-31 The average woman concerned about pregnancy spends approximately thirty years trying to prevent conception. She largely does so alone using prescription birth control, a phenomenon often taken for granted as natural and beneficial in the United States. In Just Get on the Pill, Littlejohn draws on interviews to show how young women come to take responsibility for prescription birth control as the woman's method and relinquish control of external condoms as the man's method. She uncovers how gendered compulsory birth control-in which women are held accountable for preventing and resolving pregnancies in gender-constrained ways-encroaches on women's reproductive autonomy and erodes their ability to protect themselves from disease. In tracing the gendered politics of pregnancy prevention, Littlejohn argues that the gender division of labor in birth control is not natural. It is unjust-- |
| the birth of the pill: A Good Man Leon Speroff, 2009 What motivated the man behind the development of the birth control pill? What was the reaction from the Catholic Church? How did the introduction of oral contraception affect the lives of women around the world? For the first time, discover the remarkable story of Gregory Goodwin Pincus, the man who championed the research and development of the pill. Dr. Leon Speroff, himself a renown specialist in reproductive endocrinology, has written a comprehensive biography revealing the personal story behind this dedicated man. The author has interviewed Pincuss living relatives, and numerous others who knew the scientist personally. This book successfully balances the hype and emotional reaction to oral contraception with objective evidence of its value in the world. Thoroughly researched, this is a fascinating read. |
| the birth of the pill: The Doctor's Case Against the Pill Barbara Seaman, 1995 Considered the definitive statement on modern birth-control technologies, this Anniversary Edition includes new, up-to-date chapters on the dangers of Norplant and the risks women on the Pill face today. Because it tells the truth about the Pill, this book provides women with the information they need to make good choices for their own body. |
| the birth of the pill: A History of the Birth Control Movement in America Peter C. Engelman, 2011-04-19 This narrative history of one of the most far-reaching social movements in the 20th century shows how it defied the law and made the use of contraception an acceptable social practice—and a necessary component of modern healthcare. A History of the Birth Control Movement in America tells the extraordinary story of a group of reformers dedicated to making contraception legal, accessible, and acceptable. The engrossing tale details how Margaret Sanger's campaign beginning in 1914 to challenge anti-obscenity laws criminalizing the distribution of contraceptive information grew into one of the most far-reaching social reform movements in American history. The book opens with a discussion of the history of birth control methods and the criminalization of contraception and abortion in the 19th century. Its core, however, is an exciting narrative of the campaign in the 20th century, vividly recalling the arrests and indictments, banned publications, imprisonments, confiscations, clinic raids, mass meetings, and courtroom dramas that publicized the cause across the nation. Attention is paid to the movement's thorny alliances with medicine and eugenics and especially to its success in precipitating a profound shift in sexual attitudes that turned the use of contraception into an acceptable social and medical practice. Finally, the birth control movement is linked to court-won privacy protections and the present-day movement for reproductive rights. |
| the birth of the pill: Beyond the Pill Jolene Brighten, 2019-01-29 All women need to read this book.—Dave Asprey, author of The Bulletproof Diet Groundbreaking solutions for the common hormonal struggles women face both on and off birth control.—Amy Medling, founder of PCOS Diva and author of Healing PCOS A natural, effective program for restoring hormone balance, normalizing your period, and reversing the harmful side effects of ‘The Pill’—for the millions of women who take it for acne, PMS, menstrual cramps, PCOS, Endometriosis, and many more reasons other than contraception. Out of the 100 million women—almost 11 million in the United States alone—who are on the pill, roughly 60 percent take it for non-contraceptive reasons like painful periods, endometriosis, PCOS, and acne. While the birth control pill is widely prescribed as a quick-fix solution to a variety of women’s health conditions, taking it can also result in other more serious and dangerous health consequences. Did you know that women on the pill are more likely to be prescribed an antidepressant? That they are at significantly increased risk for autoimmune disease, heart attack, thyroid and adrenal disorders, and even breast and cervical cancer? That the pill can even cause vaginal dryness, unexplained hair loss, flagging libido, extreme fatigue, and chronic infection. As if women didn’t have enough to worry about, that little pill we’re taking to manage our symptoms is only making things worse. Jolene Brighten, ND, author of the groundbreaking new book Beyond the Pill, specializes in treating women’s hormone imbalances caused by the pill and shares her proven 30-day program designed to reverse the myriad of symptoms women experience every day—whether you choose to stay on the pill or not. The first book of its kind to target the birth control pill and the scientifically-proven symptoms associated with taking it, Beyond the Pill is an actionable plan for taking control, and will help readers: Locate the root cause of their hormonal issues, like estrogen dominance, low testosterone, and low progesterone Discover a pain-free, manageable period free of cramps, acne, stress, or PMS without the harmful side effects that come with the pill Detox the liver, support the adrenals and thyroid, heal the gut, reverse metabolic mayhem, boost fertility, and enhance mood Transition into a nutrition and supplement program, with more than 30 hormone-balancing recipes Featuring simple diet and lifestyle interventions, Beyond the Pill is the first step to reversing the risky side effects of the pill, finally finding hormonal health, and getting your badass self back. |
| the birth of the pill: Breast Cancer Chris Kahlenborn, 2000 |
| the birth of the pill: The Male Pill Nelly Oudshoorn, 2003-09-10 The Male Pill is the first book to reveal the history of hormonal contraceptives for men. Nelly Oudshoorn explains why it is that, although the technical feasibility of male contraceptives was demonstrated as early as the 1970s, there is, to date, no male pill. Ever since the idea of hormonal contraceptives for men was introduced, scientists, feminists, journalists, and pharmaceutical entrepreneurs have questioned whether men and women would accept a new male contraceptive if one were available. Providing a richly detailed examination of the cultural, scientific, and policy work around the male pill from the 1960s through the 1990s, Oudshoorn advances work at the intersection of gender studies and the sociology of technology. Oudshoorn emphasizes that the introduction of contraceptives for men depends to a great extent on changing ideas about reproductive responsibility. Initial interest in the male pill, she shows, came from outside the scientific community: from the governments of China and India, which were interested in population control, and from Western feminists, who wanted the responsibilities and health risks associated with contraception shared more equally between the sexes. She documents how in the 1970s, the World Health Organization took the lead in investigating male contraceptives by coordinating an unprecedented, worldwide research network. She chronicles how the search for a male pill required significant reorganization of drug-testing standards and protocols and of the family-planning infrastructure—including founding special clinics for men, creating separate spaces for men within existing clinics, enrolling new professionals, and defining new categories of patients. The Male Pill is ultimately a story as much about the design of masculinities in the last decades of the twentieth century as it is about the development of safe and effective technologies. |
| the birth of the pill: Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions? Randy C. Alcorn, 2013-01-15 Stress. It's part of our everyday lives, sometimes as the spark that keeps us moving forward and sometimes as the avalanche that threatens to bury us. Chances are, since this book's title has caught your eye, you are looking for some relief from stress, or at least hope that relief is possible. In this revised and updated edition of Help for Women Under Stress originally published in 1987, Randy and Nanci offer you both the hope and the help you are looking for. They not only help you understand what stress is and how it operates, but give plenty of useful tips and strategies for bringing peace to the chaos of your daily life. Your energy is perishable, but can be daily replenished. Don't waste your life in unnecessary and unwise responses to stress. Let this book help you live in a way that honors God and your loved ones, while understanding and respecting your limits. And let it remind you that one day God will wipe away all the downsides of stress in an eternal world of rest, refreshment, thriving relationships and unending adventure. |
| the birth of the pill: Contraception Donna J. Drucker, 2020-04-07 The development, manufacturing, and use of contraceptive methods from the late nineteenth century to the present, viewed from the perspective of reproductive justice. The beginning of the modern contraceptive era began in 1882, when Dr. Aletta Jacobs opened the first birth control clinic in Amsterdam. The founding of this facility, and the clinical provision of contraception that it enabled, marked the moment when physicians started to take the prevention of pregnancy seriously as a medical concern. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Donna Drucker traces the history of modern contraception, outlining the development, manufacturing, and use of contraceptive methods from the opening of Dr. Jacobs's clinic to the present. Drucker approaches the subject from the perspective of reproductive justice: the right to have a child, the right not to have a child, and the right to parent children safely and healthily. Drucker describes contraceptive methods available before the pill, including the diaphragm (dispensed at the Jacobs clinic) and condom, spermicidal jellies, and periodic abstinences. She looks at the development and dissemination of the pill and its chemical descendants; describes technological developments in such non-hormonal contraceptives as the cervical cap and timing methods (including the “rhythm method” favored by the Roman Catholic church); and explains the concept of reproductive justice. Finally, Drucker considers the future of contraception—the adaptations of existing methods, new forms of distribution, and ongoing efforts needed to support contraceptive access worldwide. |
| the birth of the pill: Birth Control Pills Jon Zonderman, Laurel Shader, D. J. Triggle, Pharmaceutical Sciences Staff, State University of New York at Buffalo Staff, 2006 Discusses the pros and cons of taking birth control pills, their effects on the human body, health risks and more. |
| the birth of the pill: Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance John M. Riddle, 1992 This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages. |
| the birth of the pill: Opening Day Jonathan Eig, 2008-04 A chronicle of the 1947 baseball season during which Jackie Robinson broke the race barrier is a sixtieth anniversary tribute based on interviews with Robinson's wife, daughter, and teammates. |
| the birth of the pill: The New No-Pill No-Risk Birth Control Nona Aguilar, 2002-06-07 Surveys various forms of birth control, tells women how to chart their fertility, and discusses the menstrual period, conception, abstinence, and natural family planning. |
| the birth of the pill: In the Name of the Pill Mike Gaskins, 2019-04-12 From breast cancer and blood clots to depression and debilitating autoimmune disease, the health of millions of women has been sacrificed to chronic and deadly diseases In the Name of The Pill. This book highlights many of those ailments and examines the role hormonal birth control plays in each. Chapters devoted to individual diseases and conditions include lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, Crohn's disease, infertility, migraines, blood clots, diabetes, hair loss, thyroid and gallbladder disease. Yet, with significantly increased risk for all these conditions, the drug industry still tells us the benefits outweigh the risks. To understand the disconnect, In the Name of The Pill explores the history, economics, and politics that gave us birth control before it was proven safe, and exposes the powerful forces working to keep us in the dark. |
| the birth of the pill: This Man's Pill Carl Djerassi, 2003-04-25 October 15, 1951 marks the birthday of one of the key episodes in 20th century social history: the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive in a small laboratory in Mexico City - an event that triggered the development of the Pill. Carl Djerassi has been honoured worldwide for that accomplishment, which ultimately changed the life of women and the nature of human reproduction in ways that were not foreseeable. On the 50th anniversary of this pivotal event, Djerassi weaves a compelling personal narrative full of self-reflection and occasional humour on the impact this invention has had on the world at large and on him personally. He credits the Pill with radically altering his academic career at Stanford University to become one of the few American chemists writing novels and plays. This Man's Pill presents a forcefully revisionist account of the early history of the Pill, debunking many of the journalistic and romantic accounts of its scientific origin. Djerassi does not shrink from exploring why we have no Pill for men or why Japan only approved the Pill in 1999 (together with Viagra). Emphasizing that development of the Pill occurred during the post-War period of technological euphoria, he believes that it could not be repeated in today's climate. Would the sexual revolution of the 1960s or the impending separation of sex (in bed) and fertilization (under the microscope) still have happened? This Man's Pill answers such questions while providing a uniquely authoritative account of a discovery that changed the world. |
| the birth of the pill: Motherhood in Bondage Margaret Sanger, 2013-10-22 Motherhood in Bondage is a collection of confessions from mothers in the bondage of enforced maternity sent to birth control activist, women's rights advocate, sex educator, and nurse Margaret Sanger. The compilation includes confessions from mothers of all walks of life - girl mothers, those in poverty, those unfit to become mothers because of different reasons, and working mothers. The book also includes the confessions of children of these mothers and grandmothers whose daughters have been bound with enforced maternity. The text is for mothers who are also burdened with enforced maternity, especially those who feel alone in their plight. The book is also recommended for mothers who would like to know more about the lives of other mothers who gave birth to many children, people who wish to educate mothers, and prospective mothers who would like to learn the dangers and the difficult life of enforced maternity. |
| the birth of the pill: Birth Control on Main Street Cathy Moran Hajo, 2023-12-11 Unearthing individual stories and statistical records from previously overlooked birth control clinics, Cathy Moran Hajo looks past the rhetoric of the birth control movement to show the relationships, politics, and issues that defined the movement in neighborhoods and cities across the United States. Whereas previous histories have emphasized national trends and glossed over the majority of clinics, Birth Control on Main Street contextualizes individual case studies to add powerful new layers to the existing narratives on abortion, racism, eugenics, and sterilization. Hajo draws on an original database of more than 600 clinics run by birth control leagues, hospitals, settlement houses, and public health groups to isolate the birth control clinic from the larger narrative of the moment. By revealing how clinics tested, treated, and educated women regarding contraceptives, she shows how clinic operation differed according to the needs and concerns of the districts it served. Moving thematically through the politicized issues of the birth control movement, Hajo infuses her analysis of the practical and medical issues of the clinics with unique stories of activists who negotiated with community groups to obey local laws and navigated the swirling debates about how birth control centers should be controlled, who should receive care, and how patients should be treated. |
| the birth of the pill: Contraceptive Research and Development Institute of Medicine, Committee on Contraceptive Research and Development, 1996-11-04 The contraceptive revolution of the 1960s and 1970s introduced totally new contraceptive options and launched an era of research and product development. Yet by the late 1980s, conditions had changed and improvements in contraceptive products, while very important in relation to improved oral contraceptives, IUDs, implants, and injectables, had become primarily incremental. Is it time for a second contraceptive revolution and how might it happen? Contraceptive Research and Development explores the frontiers of science where the contraceptives of the future are likely to be found and lays out criteria for deciding where to make the next R&D investments. The book comprehensively examines today's contraceptive needs, identifies niches in those needs that seem most readily translatable into market terms, and scrutinizes issues that shape the market: method side effects and contraceptive failure, the challenge of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and the implications of the women's agenda. Contraceptive Research and Development analyzes the response of the pharmaceutical industry to current dynamics in regulation, liability, public opinion, and the economics of the health sector and offers an integrated set of recommendations for public- and private-sector action to meet a whole new generation of demand. |
| the birth of the pill: Devices and Desires Andrea Tone, 2002-05 From thriving black market to big business, the commercialization of birth control in the United States In Devices and Desires, Andrea Tone breaks new ground by showing what it was really like to buy, produce, and use contraceptives during a century of profound social and technological change. A down-and-out sausage-casing worker by day who turned surplus animal intestines into a million-dollar condom enterprise at night; inventors who fashioned cervical caps out of watch springs; and a mother of six who kissed photographs of the inventor of the Pill -- these are just a few of the individuals who make up this riveting story. |
| the birth of the pill: The Politics of the Pill Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Kevin Wallsten, 2019-10-22 The announcement of a Health and Human Services (HHS) rule requiring insurance providers to cover the costs of contraception as part of the Affordable Care Act sparked widespread political controversy. How did something that millions of American women use regularly become such a fraught political issue? In The Politics of the Pill, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Kevin Wallsten explore how gender has shaped contemporary debates over contraception policy in the U.S. Within historical context, they examine the impact that women and perceptions of gender roles had on media coverage, public opinion, policy formation, and legal interpretations from the deliberation of the Affordable Care Act in 2009 to the more recent Supreme Court rulings in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Zubic v. Burwell. Their central argument is that representation matters: who had a voice significantly impacted policy attitudes, deliberation and outcomes. While women's participation in the debate over birth control was limited by a lack of gender parity across institutions, women nevertheless shaped policy making on birth control in myriad and interconnected ways. Combining detailed analyses of media coverage and legislative records with data from public opinion surveys, survey experiments, elite interviews, and congressional testimony, The Politics of the Pill tells a broader story of how gender matters in American politics. |
| the birth of the pill: Doctor Ferdinand Peeters Karl van den Broeck, 2021-04-06 The story of doctor Ferdinand Peeters (1918-1998) and his role in the development of the pill has held Belgium in thrall for almost a decade. It is time to introduce the real father of the contraceptive pill to the rest of the world. After years of research, Belgian journalist Karl van den Broeck concluded that not the American Gregory Pincus was the inventor of the pill. His prototype had so many adverse effects that it wasn’t a viable option in the long term. It was the Belgian doctor Ferdinand Peeters who, in 1959-1960, created the first clinically applicable contraceptive pill: Anovlar. It was this pill that set the standard for all future pills to follow. Ferdinand – Nand – Peeters was a devout Catholic and during an audience with pope John XXIII, he urged that the church should sanction the use of the Pill. But when Paul VI decided in 1968 that birth control other than the practice of periodic abstinence would remain forbidden, doctor Peeters didn’t breathe a word about his role in the development of the pill. Even his family was barely aware of it. In The Real Father of the Pill, Karl van den Broeck tells the long hidden story behind this invention, a story of innovation and threats, of grateful women and papal ambivalence. With this book doctor Peeters is finally given the recognition he deserves. This book includes the documentary The Real Father of the Pill. More information can be found in the book. |
| the birth of the pill: On the Pill Elizabeth Siegel Watkins, 1998-10-14 In 1968, a popular writer ranked the pill's importance with the discovery of fire and the developments of tool-making, hunting, agriculture, urbanism, scientific medicine, and nuclear energy. Twenty-five years later, the leading British weekly, the Economist, listed the pill as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. The image of the oral contraceptive as revolutionary persists in popular culture, yet the nature of the changes it supposedly brought about has not been fully investigated. After more than thirty-five years on the market, the role of the pill is due for a thorough examination. -- from the Introduction In this fresh look at the pill's cultural and medical history, Elizabeth Siegel Watkins re-examines the scientific and ideological forces that led to its development, the part women played in debates over its application, and the role of the media, medical profession, and pharmaceutical industry in deciding issues of its safety and meaning. Her study helps us not only to understand the contraceptive revolution as such but also to appreciate the misinterpretations that surround it. |
| the birth of the pill: Fair Play Eve Rodsky, 2021-01-05 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Tired, stressed, and in need of more help from your partner? Imagine running your household (and life!) in a new way... It started with the Sh*t I Do List. Tired of being the “shefault” parent responsible for all aspects of her busy household, Eve Rodsky counted up all the unpaid, invisible work she was doing for her family—and then sent that list to her husband, asking for things to change. His response was...underwhelming. Rodsky realized that simply identifying the issue of unequal labor on the home front wasn't enough: She needed a solution to this universal problem. Her sanity, identity, career, and marriage depended on it. The result is Fair Play: a time- and anxiety-saving system that offers couples a completely new way to divvy up domestic responsibilities. Rodsky interviewed more than five hundred men and women from all walks of life to figure out what the invisible work in a family actually entails and how to get it all done efficiently. With 4 easy-to-follow rules, 100 household tasks, and a series of conversation starters for you and your partner, Fair Play helps you prioritize what's important to your family and who should take the lead on every chore, from laundry to homework to dinner. “Winning” this game means rebalancing your home life, reigniting your relationship with your significant other, and reclaiming your Unicorn Space—the time to develop the skills and passions that keep you interested and interesting. Stop drowning in to-dos and lose some of that invisible workload that's pulling you down. Are you ready to try Fair Play? Let's deal you in. |
| the birth of the pill: Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use World Health Organization. Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, World Health Organization. Family and Community Health, 2005 This document is one of two evidence-based cornerstones of the World Health Organization's (WHO) new initiative to develop and implement evidence-based guidelines for family planning. The first cornerstone, the Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (third edition) published in 2004, provides guidance for who can use contraceptive methods safely. This document, the Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use (second edition), provides guidance for how to use contraceptive methods safely and effectively once they are deemed to be medically appropriate. The recommendations contained in this document are the product of a process that culminated in an expert Working Group meeting held at the World Health Organization, Geneva, 13-16 April 2004. |
| the birth of the pill: The Billings Method Evelyn Billings, Ann Westmore, 2000 |
| the birth of the pill: The Man Who Hated Women Amy Sohn, 2021-07-06 Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Best History Books of 2021 • Fascinating . . . Purity is in the mind of the beholder, but beware the man who vows to protect yours.” —Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker Anthony Comstock, special agent to the U.S. Post Office, was one of the most important men in the lives of nineteenth-century women. His eponymous law, passed in 1873, penalized the mailing of contraception and obscenity with long sentences and steep fines. The word Comstockery came to connote repression and prudery. Between 1873 and Comstock’s death in 1915, eight remarkable women were charged with violating state and federal Comstock laws. These “sex radicals” supported contraception, sexual education, gender equality, and women’s right to pleasure. They took on the fearsome censor in explicit, personal writing, seeking to redefine work, family, marriage, and love for a bold new era. In The Man Who Hated Women, Amy Sohn tells the overlooked story of their valiant attempts to fight Comstock in court and in the press. They were publishers, writers, and doctors, and they included the first woman presidential candidate, Victoria C. Woodhull; the virgin sexologist Ida C. Craddock; and the anarchist Emma Goldman. In their willingness to oppose a monomaniac who viewed reproductive rights as a threat to the American family, the sex radicals paved the way for second-wave feminism. Risking imprisonment and death, they redefined birth control access as a civil liberty. The Man Who Hated Women brings these women’s stories to vivid life, recounting their personal and romantic travails alongside their political battles. Without them, there would be no Pill, no Planned Parenthood, no Roe v. Wade. This is the forgotten history of the women who waged war to control their bodies. |
| the birth of the pill: Science and Babies Institute of Medicine, Suzanne Wymelenberg, 1990-02-01 By all indicators, the reproductive health of Americans has been deteriorating since 1980. Our nation is troubled by rates of teen pregnancies and newborn deaths that are worse than almost all others in the Western world. Science and Babies is a straightforward presentation of the major reproductive issues we face that suggests answers for the public. The book discusses how the clash of opinions on sex and family planning prevents us from making a national commitment to reproductive health; why people in the United States have fewer contraceptive choices than those in many other countries; what we need to do to improve social and medical services for teens and people living in poverty; how couples should shop for a fertility service and make consumer-wise decisions; and what we can expect in the futureâ€featuring interesting accounts of potential scientific advances. |
| the birth of the pill: The Business of Birth Control Claire Jones (Museum director), 2020 |
| the birth of the pill: Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank Randi Hutter Epstein, 2011-04-11 [An] engrossing survey of the history of childbirth. —Stephen Lowman, Washington Post Making and having babies—what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and deliver—have mystified women and men throughout human history. The insatiably curious Randi Hutter Epstein journeys through history, fads, and fables, and to the fringe of science. Here is an entertaining must-read—an enlightening celebration of human life. |
| the birth of the pill: Humanae Vitae Pope Paul VI, 2011-02-10 A revised and improved translation of Pope Paul VI's encyclical letter, Humanae vitae. |
| the birth of the pill: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use , 2010 Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use reviews the medical eligibility criteria for use of contraception, offering guidance on the safety and use of different methods for women and men with specific characteristics or known medical conditions. The recommendations are based on systematic reviews of available clinical and epidemiological research. It is a companion guideline to Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use. Together, these documents are intended to be used by policy-makers, program managers, and the scientific community to support national programs in the preparation of service delivery guidelines. The fourth edition of this useful resource supersedes previous editions, and has been fully updated and expanded. It includes over 86 new recommendations and 165 updates to recommendations in the previous edition. Guidance for populations with special needs is now provided, and a new annex details evidence on drug interactions from concomitant use of antiretroviral therapies and hormonal contraceptives. To assist users familiar with the third edition, new and updated recommendations are highlighted. Everyone involved in providing family planning services and contraception should have the fourth edition of Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use at hand. |
| the birth of the pill: Polio Thomas Abraham, 2018-09-01 In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, vaccinating millions of children and hoping that each new year might see an end to the disease. But success remains elusive, against a surprisingly resilient virus, an unexpectedly weak vaccine and the vagaries of global politics, meeting with indifference from governments and populations alike. How did an innocuous campaign to rid the world of a crippling disease become a hostage of geopolitics? Why do parents refuse to vaccinate their children against polio? And why have poorly paid door-to-door healthworkers been assassinated? Thomas Abraham reports on the ground in search of answers. |
| the birth of the pill: The Pill Jane Bennett, Alexandra Pope, 2008-05-01 While a birth control pill is taken by most women at some stage in their lives, few realize that it is not without side effects. Clear links have been made between oral contraceptives and such symptoms as depression, nausea, headaches, and a loss of libido. Other women also experience difficulties conceiving and raising fully healthy children after coming off the drug. Accessible and informed, this insightful guide examines how the pill works, its advantages and dangers, and the best ways to remain healthy during and after use. Alternative contraceptives a. |
| the birth of the pill: Contraception and Reproduction Working Group on the Health Consequences of Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility, 1989 Se estudian las consecuencias sanitarias de los diferentes patrones reproductivos en la salud de la mujer y de los niños. Tambien se evaluan el riesgo y los beneficios de los diferentes metodos anticonceptivos, aunque algunos de los datos en los que se basa son de paises desarrollados, el nucleo central del informe son los paises en desarrollo. |
| the birth of the pill: The Pill Bernard Asbell, 1995 At least five scientists have been proclaimed the father of the Pill. We learn here that the credit for its conception belongs to two women who stand by themselves as the indisputable mothers of the Pill. One of them, Margaret Sanger, was already famous - to many, notorious. The other, Katharine McCormick, didn't even rate an obituary in the nation's leading newspapers. Here is a spellbinding tale of visions and blindness, testing and trials, setbacks and triumphs; of quirky scientists who turned to deciphering nature, and drug companies who turned away. It takes us into the hushed halls of the Vatican, where celibates gingerly stepped around the Pill, pondering what it was, how it worked, and what it meant - until they came to the verge of approving it; and from there to the raucous explosion in college dorms of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll - and some surprising conclusions about the supposed causes of the sexual revolution.--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
| the birth of the pill: Contraceptive Use by Method 2019 United Nations, 2020-01-10 This data booklet highlights estimates of the prevalence of individual contraceptive methods based on the World Contraceptive Use 2019 (which draws from 1,247 surveys for 195 countries or areas of the world) and additional tabulations obtained from microdata sets and survey reports. The estimates are presented for female and male sterilisation, intrauterine device (IUD), implant, injectable, pill, male condom, withdrawal, rhythm and other methods combined. |
The contraceptive pill The birth of the pill - The Royal Society of ...
The contraceptive pill In Mexico City in 1943, the small company Laboratorios Hormona occupied a niche in the market for pharmaceuticals. Its founders, Hungarian Emeric Somlo and German …
ISSUE BRIEF - Planned Parenthood
with estrogen to formulate the first birth control pill (Grimes, 2000). Dr. John rock (1890–1984) McCormick also funded the first clinical trials of the pill, which were conducted by Dr. John …
The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Career …
We explore the relationship between these two changes and the diffusion of the birth control pill (“the pill”) among young, unmarried college graduate women.
The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Career …
the diffusion of the birth control pill (aka “the pill”) among young, unmarried college graduate women. We present both descriptive time series and formal econometric evidence, that …
The Social Life of the Pill: An Ethnography of Contraceptive Pill …
ethnographic analysis of the pill contributes to our understanding of the cultural meanings and practices associated with the pill and shows some of the fundamental assumptions and …
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE POWER OF THE PILL: ORAL …
I. The pill and the single woman A. The birth of the pill In 1960 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of norethynodrel, a synthetic progesterone, as an oral contraceptive …
Half a century of the oral contraceptive pill - CFP
Introduced in May 1950, the oral contraceptive pill is a medical innovation that has dramatically trans-formed generations. Women have gained incredible freedom and reproductive …
Prescribing the Pill: Politics, Culture, and the Sexual Revolution in ...
that made the pill available to single women and place those changes in the context of cultural change. Within the framework imposed both by governmen-tal policies and national discourses …
How the Pill Became a Lifestyle Drug: The Pharmaceutical Industry …
What has changed over the past several decades is how con-traceptives—specifically, birth control pills—have been mar-keted. From the 1960s to the 1980s, pharmaceutical compa-nies …
The Oral Contraceptive Pill - JSTOR
Birth control protected a woman's health, her relationship with her husband, her care for existing children, her ability to earn a living, her enjoyment of sexuality, and even her sanity.
THE BIRTH - Waterstones
Sanger who had popularized the term “birth control” and almost single-handedly launched the movement for contraceptive rights in the United States. Women would never gain equality, she …
The pill toolbox: How to choose a combined oral contraceptive
ersible contra-ceptives (LARCs), the pill can seem obso-lete. However, it is still the second most commonly used birth control method in the United States, chosen by 19% of female con …
CONTRACEPTION CONTROVERSIES: THE CLINIC, THE PILL, AND …
Overall, Birth Control on Main Street is a richly detailed study of birth control clinics set within the wider historical context, including the sexual revolution of the 1910s and 1920s and the Great …
HOW TO TAKE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS - University of Rochester …
HOW THEY WORK: The major effect of the pill is to prevent ovulation, or release of an egg. On the first day you begin bleeding during your period. On the first Sunday after your period …
Different ways to take the combined pill - Royal Berkshire
This leaflet explains the different ways to take the combined contraceptive pill . Traditional method . The pill was designed so that women would still have a period every 4 weeks, to mimic a …
Taking the pill for bleeding problems with the ‘rod’
About 3 in 10 people with the contraceptive implant experience frequent or prolonged bleeding. Many find using a menstrual chart or an app to monitor their bleeding very helpful. Sometimes …
Birth Control Guide (Chart) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Check the pregnancy rates on this chart to get an idea of how effective a method is at preventing pregnancy. The pregnancy rates on this chart tell you the number of pregnancies expected …
Career and Marriage in the Age of the Pill - JSTOR
We explore in this article a series of connections that link the birth-control pill to the increase of women in professional occupations. Our evidence for the impact of the pill relies largely on the …
Recommended Actions After Late or Missed Combined Oral …
Recommended Actions After Late or Missed Combined Oral Contraceptives; Recommended Actions After Delayed Applicationor Detachment With Combined Hormonal Patch; and …
The Birth Control Pill A History - Planned Parenthood
Birth Control – History of the Pill • 1 In the middle of the 20th century, an age-old quest for safe and effective oral contraception was realized. The woman who made that happen was Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), the founder of the American Birth Control League, the fore-runner of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Chesler, 1992).
The contraceptive pill The birth of the pill - The Royal Society of ...
The contraceptive pill In Mexico City in 1943, the small company Laboratorios Hormona occupied a niche in the market for pharmaceuticals. Its founders, Hungarian Emeric Somlo and German Federico Lehmann, were making a modest living selling natural hormones extracted from animal organs. Imagine their surprise when one day a rather eccentric American
ISSUE BRIEF - Planned Parenthood
with estrogen to formulate the first birth control pill (Grimes, 2000). Dr. John rock (1890–1984) McCormick also funded the first clinical trials of the pill, which were conducted by Dr. John Rock, an eminent gynecologist and a Roman Catholic, with patients in his private practice. Rock, who came to be regarded as a co-developer of the
The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Career …
We explore the relationship between these two changes and the diffusion of the birth control pill (“the pill”) among young, unmarried college graduate women.
The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Career …
the diffusion of the birth control pill (aka “the pill”) among young, unmarried college graduate women. We present both descriptive time series and formal econometric evidence, that exploits cross-state and cross-cohort variation in pill availability to young unmarried women, establishing
The Social Life of the Pill: An Ethnography of Contraceptive Pill …
ethnographic analysis of the pill contributes to our understanding of the cultural meanings and practices associated with the pill and shows some of the fundamental assumptions and expectations of pill users about their lives, including particularly ideas of femininity and nature.
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE POWER OF THE PILL: ORAL …
I. The pill and the single woman A. The birth of the pill In 1960 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of norethynodrel, a synthetic progesterone, as an oral contraceptive for women.1 The product was christened Enovid by its manufacturer, but nearly everyone else called it and its successors “the pill.” Oral
Half a century of the oral contraceptive pill - CFP
Introduced in May 1950, the oral contraceptive pill is a medical innovation that has dramatically trans-formed generations. Women have gained incredible freedom and reproductive autonomy. The birth control pill separated sexual practice from conception, forcing re-assessment and reevaluation of social, political, and religious viewpoints.
Prescribing the Pill: Politics, Culture, and the Sexual Revolution in ...
that made the pill available to single women and place those changes in the context of cultural change. Within the framework imposed both by governmen-tal policies and national discourses on birth control, people in Lawrence fought to determine who would have access to the pill, and on what grounds. Around
How the Pill Became a Lifestyle Drug: The Pharmaceutical Industry …
What has changed over the past several decades is how con-traceptives—specifically, birth control pills—have been mar-keted. From the 1960s to the 1980s, pharmaceutical compa-nies advertised birth control pills expressly for the purpose of birth control.
The Oral Contraceptive Pill - JSTOR
Birth control protected a woman's health, her relationship with her husband, her care for existing children, her ability to earn a living, her enjoyment of sexuality, and even her sanity.
THE BIRTH - Waterstones
Sanger who had popularized the term “birth control” and almost single-handedly launched the movement for contraceptive rights in the United States. Women would never gain equality, she had argued, until they were freed from sexual servitude. Sanger had opened the nation’s first birth control clinic in Brooklyn in 1916 and helped
The pill toolbox: How to choose a combined oral contraceptive
ersible contra-ceptives (LARCs), the pill can seem obso-lete. However, it is still the second most commonly used birth control method in the United States, chosen by 19% of female con-traceptive users as of 2015–2017.1 It also has noncontraceptive benefits, so it is importan.
CONTRACEPTION CONTROVERSIES: THE CLINIC, THE PILL, AND THE BIRTH …
Overall, Birth Control on Main Street is a richly detailed study of birth control clinics set within the wider historical context, including the sexual revolution of the 1910s and 1920s and the Great Depression of the 1930s.
HOW TO TAKE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS - University of Rochester Medical Center
HOW THEY WORK: The major effect of the pill is to prevent ovulation, or release of an egg. On the first day you begin bleeding during your period. On the first Sunday after your period begins. (Many pills are labeled for a Sunday start) On the fifth day after you start your menstrual period.
Different ways to take the combined pill - Royal Berkshire
This leaflet explains the different ways to take the combined contraceptive pill . Traditional method . The pill was designed so that women would still have a period every 4 weeks, to mimic a natural cycle. This is the way that the combined pill was originally licenced to be used. If you would like a regular monthly bleed, take the pill this way.
Taking the pill for bleeding problems with the ‘rod’
About 3 in 10 people with the contraceptive implant experience frequent or prolonged bleeding. Many find using a menstrual chart or an app to monitor their bleeding very helpful. Sometimes the issue settles with time but for some implant users, the bleeding remains troublesome.
Birth Control Guide (Chart) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Check the pregnancy rates on this chart to get an idea of how effective a method is at preventing pregnancy. The pregnancy rates on this chart tell you the number of pregnancies expected during...
Career and Marriage in the Age of the Pill - JSTOR
We explore in this article a series of connections that link the birth-control pill to the increase of women in professional occupations. Our evidence for the impact of the pill relies largely on the timing of various changes.
Recommended Actions After Late or Missed Combined Oral …
Recommended Actions After Late or Missed Combined Oral Contraceptives; Recommended Actions After Delayed Applicationor Detachment With Combined Hormonal Patch; and Recommended Actions After Delayed Insertion or Reinsertion With Combined Vaginal Ring. Take the late or missed pill as soon as possible.
