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During the derided '50s, any American past the age of 13 was not automatically thought to be "sexually active." A version of what have now become the Antioch rules was at that time a part of the adolescent's mental software. In the Pleistocene before the Pill and legal abortion (an era that most young feminists have been taught to consider barbaric), both boys and girls felt a terror that a mistake would lead to pregnancy, hence to unwanted, premature marriage or to an abortion nightmare. That terror enforced a certain discipline and formality. Everyone knew -- as human beings understood...
...hope your bus ride to God's Country will be getting a little hot and steamy. Just the time to mention the invention of the birth control pill by the Worcester Biological Foundation. Its approval by the FDA in 1960 undoubtedly led directly to the next important Worcester invention, the yellow smiley face, designed in 1963 by Worcester artist Harvey Ball...
Establish a relationship with a primary care physician or nurse practitioner now, whether or not you are on the pill or have a problem. Doctors and health experts say a close relationship with one health care provider is important for all your health needs, including birth control...
...especially careful during the first month on the pill. The pill does not become fully effective until a patient has been taking it for one month, and Faigel warns women to use another form of birth control during their fist month on the pill...
...firm with your health care provider. If the pill is what you want, communicate that. According to Bowman, most women who come into UHS with an agenda walk out with the pill...