When was contraception legalized

In the early s, scientists explored creating a pill for contraceptive purposes and conducted various experiments to determine its effectiveness. Katherine McCormick and by Planned Parenthood, created a viable contraceptive pill and conducted the first successful human trials in The Food and Drug Administration approved use of the pill in , but only as a treatment for menstrual disorders and not as a contraceptive. The FDA ultimately approved the use of the pill as a contraceptive in , and it quickly became the preferred form of birth control in the US.

The Pill was legalized 50 years ago, but experts say we can still improve contraceptive access. Full Menu Search Menu. Close Local your local region National. Search Submit search Quick Search. Comments Close comments menu. Video link. Close X. Click to scroll back to top of the page Back to top. By Leslie Young Global News.

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Prior to reliable modern methods of birth control, people relied on withdrawal or periodic abstinence. These methods often failed. Around BCE Ancient societies, including Crete and Egypt, begin developing condoms made from animal and fish bladders or intestines and linen sheaths. Around BCE Egypt develops one of the first spermicides by combining crocodile dung and fermented dough. The low pH of the dung may have had a spermicidal effect. Postal Service to mail any obscenity, contraceptives, abortifacients, or sex toys and authorizes the postal service to confiscate birth control sold through the mail.

Postal Service to enforce the law. Many states pass similar laws in the following years. State officials use these laws disproportionately to target Black women, Native American women and poor women and girls. Once released, Sanger re-opens her clinic and continues to persevere through more arrests and prosecutions. In , she begins publishing the magazine Birth Control Review to educate the public about contraception. Bell that coercive sterilization does not violate the U.

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