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The Comstock Law was a controversial law because it limited the reproductive rights of women and violated every person's right to privacy. This…
LawReproductionReproductive RightsAbortionContraceptionThe landmark Supreme Court case, Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), gave women more control over their reproductive rights while also bringing…
LawReproductionReproductive RightsAbortionContraceptionEnovid was the first hormonal birth control pill. G. D. Searle and Company began marketing Enovid as a contraceptive in 1960. The technology was…
TechnologyContraceptionReproductionReproductive RightsPlan B is a progestin-only emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) that can be taken within seventy-two hours of unprotected sex in order to prevent an…
TechnologyContraceptionReproductionReproductive RightsPrior to 1971, women had some difficulty obtaining contraceptive materials due to a law prohibiting the distribution of contraceptives by anyone…
LawReproductionContraceptionReproductive RightsAlmost ten years after the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) the battle over abortion was still being waged. The reproductive rights of women…
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