"The chemical history of the pill begins with the isolation of progesterone in May 1933 by Corner and Allen. With the …"

"I invented the pill at the request of a woman."

"In January 1970 experts assembled in the stately Senate chamber and began giving their testimony on the hazards of th…"

"The introduction of oral contraception in 1960 was not the result of one person's fortuitous discovery as happened wi…"

"The early production of progesterone was extremely complex and laborious and the resulting product prohibitively expe…"

"It had already been known for several decades that sex hormones were able to suppress ovulation in animals. Ludwig Ha…"

"Almost every decade we have witnessed a breakthrough in oral contraception. Social and moral objections to birth cont…"

"When the Pill came on the market in 1960, it was enthusiastically embraced by the medical profession and the public. …"

"With the arrival of the birth control pill in 1960, many believed the Church was about to change the position it had …"

"Historically, contraception was believed to affect the voice negatively. However, more recent studies using low-dose …"