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

“Too many women are in the dark when it comes to their own fertility. Should an app replace your birth-control pill? No.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 2, 2018

Carl Djerassi, 91, the Stanford University chemist widely considered the father of the birth-control pill, died Jan. 30 in San Francisco.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2015

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