Eugenics proposed that human perfection could be developed through selective breeding.Â
In the papal encyclical entitled Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI ended the speculation over oral contraceptives and birth control once and for all.
On New Year's Eve 1930, the Roman Catholic Church officially banned any artificial means of birth control.
Patients participating in drug trials must be fully informed of any potential risks before receiving any treatment.
The pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle filed an application to license their drug Enovid for use as an oral contraceptive.
In the summer of 1955, Gregory Pincus visited Puerto Rico, and discovered it would be the perfect location for the human trials.
Gregory Pincus found a way to test the contraceptive powers of progesterone and sidestep Massachusetts' rigid anti-birth control laws.
In the early 1950s, the last thing Searle wanted to get involved in was the controversial area of birth control.
Margaret Sanger's dream of a pill for birth control improbably came to fruition because of the discovery of a wild Mexican yam.
The driving force behind the original anti-birth control statutes was a New Yorker named Anthony Comstock.
Since ancient times, women all over the world have used a variety of methods for contraception.
American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda.
