The Pill
Above is a poster of then-Pope Paul VI warning against the dangers of the birth control pill in 1968.
The pill is a no-no / Nordahl. ca. 1968. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/96506465/>.
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In 1960, the FDA approved the very first birth control pill for contraceptive use. 3 years later, over 2.3 million women were on The Pill. Feminists of the Revolution rejoiced over their new control over their sex lives. Religious, on the other hand were not so happy. They saw The Pill as a way to make pre-marital sex simpler and easier. In addition, birth control took away from what the Church had deemed the most important motivation for sex: procreation.
Nikolchev, Alexandra. "A brief history of the birth control pill." PBS TPT, 7
May 2010, www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/health/ a-brief-history-of-the-birth-control-pill/480/. Accessed 16 Jan. 2017. "People and Events: The Pill and the Sexual Revolution." PBS, www.pbs.org/wgbh/ amex/pill/peopleevents/e_revolution.html. |
Originally only allowed for menstrual disorders, Enovid, the first form of the birth control pill was approved for contraception by the FDA in 1960. Endocrinologist Gregory Pincus and gynecologist John Rock worked on the pill for nearly thirty years before approval.
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Pearl Buck, a writer for Reader's Digest in the 60s that advocated against the birth control pill, warning that it encouraged women to be promiscuous.
Pearl Buck. [ca. 1932] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/2004671931/>.
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Planned Parenthood
Margaret Sanger. 1922. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/2004672785/>.
"People & Events: Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)." PBS TPT, www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/
pill/peopleevents/p_sanger.html. Accessed 16 Jan. 2017. |
Margaret Sanger's (1879-1966) mission was to make birth control legal and accessible. It was Sanger who coined the term "birth control" in 1914. She opened a clinic for women on October 16th, 1916. It was shut down after 9 days, but the movement had begun nonetheless. In 1921, Sanger started the American Birth Control League, which twenty one years later, was renamed Planned Parenthood. Alter, Charlotte. "How Planned Parenthood Changed Everything." How Planned
Parenthood Changed Everything. TIME, time.com/4527330/ planned-parenthood-100-history/. Accessed 16 Jan. 2017. Originally published in TIME Magazine, 14 Oct. 2016. |
Two Planned Parenthood posters from the Sexual Revolution
(Both from 1965) Planned Parenthood Federation Of America, Sponsor/Advertiser. Love Carefully!. [Between 1965 and 1980] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/2016648476/>.
Planned Parenthood Federation Of America, Sponsor/Advertiser. Family Planning: Support Planned Parenthood. [Between 1965 and 1980] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/2016648455/>.
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