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May 4, 2010 · But despite the freedom in career and family planning it extended to so many women and couples, the pill has not fulfilled one big hope. Fifty years on, about half of all pregnancies in the...
Apr 22, 2010 · One of the world’s largest studies of the Pill — 46,000 women followed for nearly 40 years — was released this March. It found that women who take the Pill are less likely to die prematurely ...
- Nancy Gibbs
- 19th Century - Bans on Abortion, Contraception
- Early 20th Century - Planned Parenthood Launches
- 1960s - ‘The Pill’ Approved, The San Francisco Nine Sued
- 1970s - States Legalize Abortion, Roe v. Wade Established
- 1980s - Abortion Provisions Struck Down
- 1990s - Planned Parenthood v. Casey, ‘Morning After Pill’ Approved
- 2000s - States Restrict Abortions, Roe v. Wade Overturned
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1821: The Connecticut General Assembly passes the first U.S. law banning medicinal abortionafter the “quickening” stage (when fetal movement is detected, generally around the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy). Punishment is a life sentence for the provider of the poison administered to perform the procedure. 1857: Led by Horatio Storer, the Ameri...
October 16, 1916: Margaret Sangeropens the country’s first birth control clinic in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York. Nine days later police shut down the clinic and arrest Sanger, her sister, Ethel Byrne, a registered nurse, and Fania Mindell, an interpreter. After serving 30 days in prison, Sanger goes on to launch the Birth Control C...
May 9, 1960: Enovid, better known as “The Pill,” gains FDA approval, making it the nation’s first oral contraceptive. The IUD is granted similar approval in 1968. The advances offer U.S. women female-controlled birth control methods. June 7, 1965: In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court rules in Griswold v. Connecticut that the U.S. Constitution prote...
1970: Four states–Alaska, Hawaii, New York and Washington–legalize abortion. Health officials estimate that more than 400,000 abortions are performed in New York in the first two years after the practice was legalized. Hawaii, Alaska and Washington restrict abortions to women from out of state by requiring a minimum period of residencywithin their ...
June 15, 1983: In City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, the Supreme Court rules 6-3 to strike down abortion provisionsin an Akron, Ohio ordinance requiring a 24-hour waiting period, procedures in the first trimester to take place in hospitals and informed consent. ''It is fair to say that much of the information required is designe...
June 29, 1992: In Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, the Supreme Court upholds its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, reaffirming a woman’s right to an abortion. But the contentious 5-4 decision alters Roe, and also upholds abortion restrictions in the Pennsylvania law, giving states more authority to regulate the procedure. “The woman...
January 18, 2006: In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court finds in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Englandthat a New Hampshire statute requiring parental consent prior to an abortion is unconstitutional as it lacks a medical emergency exception. April 18, 2007: The Supreme Court rules 5-4 in Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Plann...
“Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States,” National Women’s History Alliance.“Timeline of Important Reproductive Freedom Cases Decided by the Supreme Court,” American Civil Liberties Union.“Reproductive Rights in History,” Duke University.“Reproductive Rights at the U.S. Supreme Court,” American Bar Association.- Lesley Kennedy
Dec 31, 2015 · The result of that decision made distribution of birth control pills or devices, and the dissemination of birth-control information, legal in all 50 states. Prior to the 1965 ruling, it was technically illegal in many states to distribute contraceptives or even information about birth control.
May 3, 2010 · Arriving at a moment of social and political upheaval, the Pill became a handy proxy for wider trends: the rejection of tradition, the challenge to institutions, the redefinition of women’s...
Jun 7, 2015 · Fifty years ago, on June 7, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on contraception, which would have a profound affect on women’s lives.
Sep 26, 2017 · 1957: Enovid 10mg (9.85mg norethynodrel and 150µg mestranol; Searle) is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for “menstrual irregularities”. It is released onto the British market as Enavid. 1960: The FDA approves contraception as an additional indication for Enovid 10mg.
