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1. blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk › just-a-pill-60Just a pill: 60 years of the contraceptive pill on the NHS

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   Dec 4, 2021 · The advent of modern birth control. The pill had originally been developed in America, where it was licensed as Enovid from 1960 (availability was determined at a state level). The same pill had...

2. www.bbc.com › news › uk-15984258How the contraceptive pill changed Britain - BBC News

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   Dec 4, 2011 · The contraceptive pill has been called the greatest scientific invention of the 20th Century by some commentators. Arriving at a moment of social and political upheaval, it is now 50 years...

3. www.bbc.com › news › business-39641856The tiny pill which gave birth to an economic revolution - BBC

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   May 21, 2017 · In just five years, almost half of married women on birth control were using it. But the real revolution would come when unmarried women got access to oral contraceptives. That took time.

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5. www.verywellhealth.com › a-brief-history-on-theA Brief History of the Birth Control Pill - Verywell Health

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   Jun 21, 2024 · The birth control pill first came out in 1957, when it was initially FDA-approved to regulate menstruation. In 1960, the FDA approved of the birth control pill Enovid for the purpose of contraception. Since then, over 300 million women have used it worldwide.

6. peopleshistorynhs.org › birth-control-on-the-nhsBirth Control and the Contraceptive Pill on the NHS

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   The contraceptive pill was developed during the 1950s by American scientists led by Dr Gregory Pincus and with the support of women’s rights campaigner Margaret Sanger. As a hormone-based contraceptive it mimics the conditions of pregnancy and therefore offsets conception.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_birth_controlHistory of birth control - Wikipedia

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   The history of birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, refers to the methods or devices that have been historically used to prevent pregnancy. [1] Planning and provision of birth control is called family planning. [2]

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   Who invented the contraceptive pill?

   • The contraceptive pill was developed during the 1950s by American scientists led by Dr Gregory Pincus and with the support of women’s rights campaigner Margaret Sanger. As a hormone-based contraceptive it mimics the conditions of pregnancy and therefore offsets conception.

   Birth Control and the Contraceptive Pill on the NHS

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   When did birth control pills come out?

   • Oral contraceptives, commonly known as birth control pills or just "the pill," were approved by the FDA on June 23, 1960. Since then, more than 300 million women worldwide have used the pill for a variety of purposes—not just to prevent pregnancy.

   A Brief History of the Birth Control Pill - Verywell Health

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   What is the history of birth control?

   • The history of birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, refers to the methods or devices that have been historically used to prevent pregnancy. Planning and provision of birth control is called family planning.

   History of birth control - Wikipedia

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   Was the contraceptive pill socially revolutionary?

   • The contraceptive pill had profound social consequences. Everyone agrees with that. In fact, that was the point. Margaret Sanger, the birth control activist who urged scientists to develop it, wanted to liberate women sexually and socially, to put them on a more equal footing with men. But the pill wasn't just socially revolutionary.

   The tiny pill which gave birth to an economic revolution

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   What did the male contraceptive pill give women?

   • While the male contraceptive pill remains elusive, it is important to remember what the contraceptive pill initially gave women: greater control over their own bodies. At the time it was significant that this control was put in the hands of women. Oral contraceptives: policy.

   Just a pill: 60 years of the contraceptive pill on the NHS

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   When did birth control become a social issue?

   • While other forms of contraception from implants and patches to IUS and injections have been incorporated into NHS birth control provision, it was the introduction of the pill in 1961 that brought family planning into the medico-social encounter and its later incorporation into NHS legislation made it a political as well as social issue.

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9. www.plannedparenthood.org › files › 1514/3518/7100The Birth Control Pill A History - Planned Parenthood

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   A History. In the middle of the 20th century, an age-old quest for safe and effective oral contraception was realized. The woman who made that happen was Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), the founder of the American Birth Control League, the fore-runner of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Chesler, 1992).