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Nov 22, 2010 · Fifty years ago, contraception was still taboo in many countries and promoting it, let alone providing contraception, was liable to punishment by law. Only after ten years of existence could the pill be obtained in most countries, except for Japan where it was approved for use as late as in 1999.
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the introduction of the first pills, some nasty and...
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Apr 22, 2010 · A 1966 cover story in U.S. News & World Report asked, “Can its availability to all women of childbearing age lead to sexual anarchy?” There were reports of the Pill turning up in high schools.
- Nancy Gibbs
- Background and Perspective
- A Brief History
- The Science Behind Hormonal Contraceptives
- Safety Concerns and Refinement of “The Pill”
- Benefits Beyond Contraception
- Beyond The 21/7-Day Regimen
- Conclusions
Almost half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended or unplanned (Abma et al., 1995; Henshaw, 1998). However, from the time of the first clinical trials to the present, nearly 200 million women have taken various formulations of the contraceptive pill, making it one of the most widely consumed classes of drugs in the world. By the en...
Contraceptive control using medical devices has appeared throughout history, beginning with Egyptian documents circa 1500 BC that instruct women on how to mix dates, gum Arabic, and honey smeared on wool to serve as a contraceptive agent (http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1983970,00.html). Casanova’s diaries from the 1700s described his expe...
It is notable that hormonal contraceptives are among the most effective drugs available, with 99.9% theoretical effectiveness (actual effectiveness is influenced by correct usage by the patient). The menstrual cycle is a complex series of events orchestrated by estrogen and progesterone (Williams and Stancel, 1996; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill...
From a medical perspective, the idea of medicating a patient who did not have a disease was a novel concept. In this case, the typical patient population would be young and healthy women, making the side effect profile, including long-term safety of the medication especially important. In the case of “the pill,” early concerns about cancer due to t...
Aside from pregnancy prevention, there are numerous other benefits associated with taking “the pill” (Burkman, 2004; Dhont, 2010; Williams and Stancel, 1996). There are several menses-related benefits including cycle regularity and decreases in blood loss, iron deficiency anemia, and dysmenorrhea. A reduction in acne, functional ovarian cysts, beni...
The right frequency of a menstrual cycle while on OCs has been a source of much debate (Dhont, 2010; Williams and Stancel, 1996). The traditional OC regimen of 21 days of hormones followed by 7 days of placebo was influenced by society and culture, which suggested that menstruation every 28 days was a sign of normal female reproductive function. Ot...
The availability of hormonal contraception in the form of “the pill” in the early 1960’s was controversial and sparked endless social debate that still exists in some circles 50 years later. However, its acceptability can be clearly demonstrated by the fact that nearly 200 million women worldwide are using “the pill.” Hormonal contraceptives provid...
- Kristina D. Chadwick, Ronald T. Burkman, Belen M. Tornesi, Brinda Mahadevan
- 2012
Jun 3, 2013 · This qualitative and quantitative content analysis of five decades of coverage in the New York Times finds that journalists have been impacted by enduring news values that influenced their choice of sources, their use of frames, and how they constructed their stories.
- Marjorie Kruvand
- 2012
Oct 1, 2010 · After reflecting on the fifty year history of The Pill, even though there were many contributors, it is clear that the main driving forces behind its development were Margaret Sanger, Mrs. Katharine McCormick, and Gregory Pincus.
In short. The first cheap and simple route to make progesterone, a key hormone in the pill, was developed in the 1940s. The first pill was launched in 1960, and by 1966 more than 5 million US women were using oral contraceptives.
The report expected a 5%–10% birth-rate drop due to more efficient contraceptive methods (the pill and the intrauterine device (IUD)) and a rise of 0.9% in the healthcare budget if contraceptives were to be covered.
