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Birth Control Pill Turns Twenty, Still Uncertain Effects
A 1950s breakthrough by Chang and Pincus led to The Pill, now used by about 50 million women worldwide. The article notes ongoing debates over long term effects, side effects, and potential future contraceptives including male pills and hormone devices, with researchers calling for more basic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren E. Leary
Shrewsbury
Mass
Korea
Ike
Min-Chueh Chang
Gregory Pincus
Chang
Pincus
Chang and Pincus
Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology
China
Worcester Foundation
Margaret Sanger
Planned Parenthood Federation
Abe Stone
New York
Sanger
Stanley McCormick
McCormick
Cyrus McCormick
Rock
Puerto Rico
Celso Garcia
GD. Searle and Co
Ortho Pharmaceuticals
Royal College of General Practitioners
Sheldon J. Segal
Population Council
Segal