The morning after : a history of emergency contraception in the United States / Heather Munro Prescott.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical issues in health and medicinePublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, Description: 1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0813552176
  • 9780813552170
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 618.1/825 22
LOC classification:
  • RG137.5 .P74 2011
NLM classification:
  • 2011 K-955
  • WP 11 AA1
Online resources:
Contents:
A second revolution in birth control -- Courageous volunteers -- Feminist health activism and the feds -- Balancing safety and choice -- Building consensus -- Mainstreaming emergency contraception -- From paternalism to patient empowerment -- Conclusion: coming full circle?
Summary: This book is the first to describe the history of emergency contraception from its beginnings in the 1960s. Other historical accounts of this technology focus on the very recent past and present a story of uniform progress from "the nation's best kept secret" to a dedicated product found on most pharmacy shelves.1 In these histories, there are clearly delineated opposing positions: on one side are those who support the technology as an uncomplicated scientific solution to the problem of unwanted pregnancy; on the other are religious conservatives who seek to ban the technology because they erroneously equate it with abortion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A second revolution in birth control -- Courageous volunteers -- Feminist health activism and the feds -- Balancing safety and choice -- Building consensus -- Mainstreaming emergency contraception -- From paternalism to patient empowerment -- Conclusion: coming full circle?

This book is the first to describe the history of emergency contraception from its beginnings in the 1960s. Other historical accounts of this technology focus on the very recent past and present a story of uniform progress from "the nation's best kept secret" to a dedicated product found on most pharmacy shelves.1 In these histories, there are clearly delineated opposing positions: on one side are those who support the technology as an uncomplicated scientific solution to the problem of unwanted pregnancy; on the other are religious conservatives who seek to ban the technology because they erroneously equate it with abortion.

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