birth control pill
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"It may be that the day will come when people say the birth-control pill was a mistake," Alan Sears explained.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2023
Food and Drug Administration approved a birth-control pill called Opill for use without a prescription on Thursday.
From Scientific American • Jul. 13, 2023
One potential male birth-control pill, Gamendazole, derived from an anticancer drug, interrupts sperm maturation so "you're making nonfunctional sperm," said Gregory Kopf, associate vice chancellor for research administration at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2011
The birth-control pill, which helped propel the second wave of feminism, and rock ’n’ roll’s hedonistic ethic and amplification both undermined Hammerstein’s patriarchal sentimentality and toughened the sound of pop.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2010
Just before I moved to New York, two historic events had occurred: the birth-control pill was invented and the first Julia Child cookbook was published.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 6, 2006
