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History of Birth Control Pill

Birth control pill is the most popular was also a women's right activist.
method of contraceptive world wide. Today McCormick believed that as much as the
many birth control pills like Yasmin, right to vote for women is important so
Lybrel, Alesse and many others is the right to control her body. She
manufactured by different pharmaceutical helped Margaret Sanger, a birth control
companies are available in the market. activist by supporting her cause in many
The reason for their popularity is ways.
'convenience', unlike sterilization, When her husband died in 1947, she became
birth control pills are not permanent; it the sole inheritor of his property and a
is for temporary use i.e. they can be wealthy widow; she was 75 years of age
taken till the time a women is not ready then. Along with Sanger she envisioned a
to start a family and can also be used birth control method which could be taken
for proper family planning. in the pill form. Accordingly they met a
Though, birth control pills are popular scientist called Gregory Pincus who was
but there are many people who are still equally interested in developing a birth
naïve about their origin. The hard work control pill. Gregory was researching on
and efforts put by the scientists who progesterone and believed that it could
invented it and the endless support given be used as an anti-ovulent and could be
by the great women who made this developed as a contraceptive. He had
invention of the first contraceptive pill already tested and proved progesterone to
possible is little known by people, not work on animals but could not move
even by those who use these pills. further with the research due to lack of
Therefore, I found it worth writing about funds. McCormick asked him to immediately
the origin or history of birth control restart the research and handed him a
pills which extremely contributes to the check of $40,000 which was quite a
elevation of a woman's status. fortune that time.
Since ancient times birth control was an Wanting the pill to be developed in her
issue. We can even see the word life time, McCormick moved from her Santa
"abstinence" being mentioned many times Barbara home to the east where the
in the bible. Aristotle, Pliny and even research lab was located. She time and
Casanova talk about abstinences and again asked the scientist to hurry up the
spermicides. Human reproduction was project. Dr. John Rock joined Pincus and
understood only in the 1800's when the together they did their first trial on
scientists of that time discovered the human beings. The progesterone pills were
female egg and its importance in tested on 50 women who administered them
reproduction. Earlier it was considered for 21 days with seven days break for
that men were the life creator while menstruations. The human trial was a
women were just the nest. From then on success, not even one out of the 50 women
the approach to birth control took a tested ovulated while on the pill. This
different turn. Devices like condoms, laid the foundation of the birth of
sponges, douching syringes (injection in Enovid, the first contraceptive pill. In
the uterus with birth control solution 1960 FDA approved Enovid as a birth
after intercourse), diaphragms and control pill.
cervical caps started being widely used Today many new pills are available in the
but some of them were not at all safe. pharmaceutical circuit. You can opt for
Katherine McCormick, Margaret Sanger, Dr. Yasmin birth control or Lybrel birth
John Rock and Gregory Pincus are the control, as per the prescription given by
names to reckon with, without their zeal your doctor. But while buying spare a
and hard work the birth of contraceptive moment for these great people without
in the form of a pill would not have been whom it would not have been possible to
possible. I would especially want to give develop birth control pills. Great honor
kudos to Katherine McCormick. and acclaims should be given to the
Katherine McCormick was born in 1875 in a scientists that they without question
wealthy family in Dexter, Michigan. In deserve. However, the name of Katherine
1904, she became one of the first women McCormick the real person behind the
to graduate in a degree of science development of birth control pill and the
(biology) from Massachusetts institute of sole financier, is today forgotten. Great
technology. She got married to Stanley injustice is done by us for not knowing
McCormick, heir to the International and remembering the selfless women who
Harvester Company fortune, who later paved the way for our liberation.
suffered from schizophrenia. Believing Therefore, let us all give a toss to her,
that schizophrenia is hereditary remembering that it is only because of
Katherine McCormick vowed not to have any her that today we can opt for family
children. Therefore, contraceptives planning and pursue our career without
became her prime concern. She was the hassle of periods and unwanted
involved in many philanthropic works and pregnancies. Kudos! Katherine McCormick.




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