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The History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 1: Hormones, Our “Chemical...
Welcome to the first installment of our series chronicling the history of the birth control pill, from our discovery of how hormones work, to the synthesis of these hormones from an inedible wild...
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The History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 2: Barbasco and the Roots of...
Russell Marker. Image: Penn State University Archives Welcome to the second installment of our series chronicling the history of the birth control pill. Previously, we learned about the role a sex...
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The History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 3: From Injection to Ingestion
Carl Djerassi with his assistant, Arelina Gonzalez, 1951 Welcome to the third installment of our series chronicling the history of the birth control pill. In the previous installment, we learned about...
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Endometriosis Treatment
It’s still March, so it’s still Endometriosis Awareness Month! Today we’ll be looking at endometriosis treatment questions and answers. If you missed the first two posts in this series, you can click...
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The History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 4: Margaret Sanger’s “Magic Pill”
Katharine McCormick Welcome to the fourth installment of our series chronicling the history of the birth control pill. In the previous installment, progesterone, the birth control pill’s active...
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The History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 5: Clinical Trials
Gregory Pincus, Min-Chueh Chang, and John Rock were hired by Margaret Sanger and Katharine McCormick to develop the birth control pill. Welcome to the fifth installment of our series chronicling the...
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The History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 6: Los Campesinos
Welcome to the final installment of our series chronicling the history of the birth control pill. In earlier installments, we learned how chemists were able to extract a chemical from a wild yam called...
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Let’s Talk Contraception: Contraceptive Patches
Is there a topical birth control available, you ask? No contraceptive cream or ointment has been developed yet, but yes, there is a patch that can be applied to your skin that is almost 99 percent...
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Celebrating Mexico’s Contributions to the Birth Control Pill
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. We’re celebrating by shining the spotlight on Mexico’s role in developing the birth control pill, one of the most important medical...
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