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Apr 22, 2010 · Sex, even within marriage, was immoral unless aimed at having a baby. Fear of pregnancy was a powerful check on promiscuity — and information about contraception was treated as the equivalent of...
- Nancy Gibbs
Dec 2, 2021 · Sixty years ago (2 December 1961) the sedative drug thalidomide was withdrawn from use in the UK. After being on the market for five years as a treatment for morning sickness in pregnant women, it had finally been established that the medicine was responsible for babies being born with underdeveloped arms and legs and other malformations.
May 6, 2010 · Becoming an unmarried mother was an unforgivable sin. One girl in my class made the mistake, was expelled from school and rejected by her parents. Most girls were sent away and their babies...
Aug 1, 2018 · More than 60 years after the drug thalidomide caused birth defects in thousands of children whose mothers took the drug while pregnant, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have solved a mystery that has lingered ever since the dangers of the drug first became apparent: how did the drug produce such severe fetal harm?
Fifty years ago, birth-control pills gave women control of their bodies, while making it easy to forget their basic biology—until in some cases, it’s too late.
These stories highlight how attitudes to the pill were slow to change – but change they did. As the 70s came to an end, a feeling of sexual liberation was marking the start of the 1980s.
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Apr 3, 2017 · One anonymous woman rather casually admitted to slipping the pill to her daughter without the daughter’s knowledge, and concern over whether uneducated women were capable of remembering to take...
