The History of Birth Control in the United Statesdoi:10.1300/J265v04n02_05No abstract available for this article.Esther KatzThe Institute for Research in HistoryTrends in HistoryKatz, Esther. "The History of Birth Control in the United States." History of Medicine 4.2-3 (1988): 81-101....
Lysol sanitizes door handles and countertops, but we draw the line at vaginas. The household disinfectant once advertised itself as a douche to prevent infection and odor. To get around the 1873 Comstock Act, which banned "articles of immoral use," birth control was disguised and sold as femi...
Before modern medicine gave us go-tos like the pill and patch, couples resorted to more unusual birth control methods.The Best Offense Is a Good Defense Iron chastity belts under lock and key are often connected with Medieval torture devices, but the truth is that they didn't become popular...
Page 1 of 2: Page 1 The History and Future of Birth Control (Image credit: stock.xchng) Ever since humans first figured out that Tab A + Slot B = Baby, we've been hard at work attempting to defy that equation — and there are still more innovations to come. From crocodile dung to...
The History of Birth Control Risks If you’ve read any of myprevious articles, you may know I’m slightly obsessed with the Nelson Pill Hearings. Held in 1970, these Congressional hearings featured leading physicians who exposed the diverse complications just beginning to be associated with The ...
A History of Birth Control An Age-Old Need Having a baby is the least frequent motivator for most people to have sex (Hill, 1997). This seems to have been true for all people at all times throughout history. Contraceptives have been used in one form or another for thousands of years ...
As a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico was the simplest alternative. “Because of its semi-colonial status with the U.S., the ability to test on these women’s bodies seemed like these territories are an extension of us,” Gabriela Soto Laveaga, a professor of the history of science at Harva...
This paper draws on the history of the birth control pill in Sri Lanka to illustrate how the broader global discourse of population control was played out in the Sri Lankan national context. Utilising a cross reading of research reports and correspondence between local and international family plann...
OUT OF THE BOUDOIR AND INTO THE BANANA WALK: BIRTH CONTROL AND REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS IN THE WEST INDIES, 1930-1970 This study traces the history of birth control and reproductive politics in the West Indies from the 1930s to the 1970s, focusing on Jamaica, Trinidad, Bar... N Bourbonnais ...
Define birth control. birth control synonyms, birth control pronunciation, birth control translation, English dictionary definition of birth control. n. 1. Voluntary prevention of conception by a man or a woman through the use of contraceptive techniques