Word: pill
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SOCIAL conservatism may have found its nemesis in economic conservatism, and a tiny white pill called...
...Europe, which is years ahead of the U.S., pharmaceutical companies are aggressively pursuing male birth-control pills, reversible vasectomies and long-lasting vaccines. Even women in many Third World nations have more choices than their American counterparts. Observes Carl Djerassi, a Stanford chemist who helped develop the first Pill: "The U.S. is the only country other than Iran in which the birth-control clock has been set backward...
Efforts to boost federal support for birth control have run up against conservative opposition. Right-to-lifers are particularly determined to block the U.S. introduction of RU-486, a French-made drug that can induce menstruation after fertilization takes place. Opponents call RU-486 the abortion pill. "Contraception," says Judie Brown, president of the American Life Lobby, "means better killing through chemistry...
...helped lead to 1.5 million abortions a year in the U.S. By some estimates, up to half of them could be prevented if women had more birth-control options. Jennifer, a 20-year-old college student in Maine, has already had two abortions, following unsuccessful attempts to use the Pill and a diaphragm. "At this point I'm afraid to have sex," she says. "I don't know what...
...counter spermicidal sponge, but it did not work. She got pregnant and had an abortion. Four months ago, she began taking an oral contraceptive. Her moods became unpredictable, as if she were riding an emotional roller coaster. Lately she has felt better, but she is still terrified about the Pill's long-term health effects. "Something has to be done so a woman doesn't worry so much," she says. "It infuriates...