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Early American Family Limitation

Birth control and abortion are constant flash points in contemporary politics, and they’re often described as signs of a rapidly changing society. But women have always had ways (though not always quite as effective) to control family size through contraception, and early American women were no exception. Understanding the role Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 1 year7 months ago
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Eugenics

Choice, Sterilization, and Eugenics in Twentieth Century Puerto Rico

In 1968, researchers found that one-third of all Puerto Rican women of childbearing age were surgically sterilized. This ignited the U.S. reproductive rights movement and the political demand to end forced sterilization in Puerto Rico. However, Puerto Rican women’s reproduction has been tied to identity and nationalism since the United Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 3 years7 months ago
Sex

Abortion and Birth Control in America: Jane Roe & The Pill

In the third episode in our series on women’s reproductive rights in America, Jane Roe & the Pill, we finally get to two of the most important turning points in our story: the invention of the hormonal birth control pill, and the Roe v. Wade case in 1973. The mid Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 4 years7 months ago
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Episode

Abortion and Birth Control before Roe v. Wade: 19th & 20th c. Family Limitation

At the Women’s Marches across the U.S. on January 21st, 2017, there were hundreds–maybe thousands–of women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who held up signs that conveyed their frustration with still needing to fight for rights like birth control and abortion. This is a battle that has waged for Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 4 years7 months ago
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Episode

Early American Family Limitation: Contraception and Abortion

Sarah and Elizabeth discuss methods of family limitation in Early America. Just in case you need some tips.

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 4 years7 months ago
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Sex

Marie Stopes: Married Sexual Pleasure, Birth Control and Eugenics

Marie Stopes was one of the most significant figures in the modern birth control movement. She founded 37 international family planning clinics and brought sexual knowledge and fulfillment to countless women around the world. She was also a complex and complicated figure in the women’s rights and eugenics movement. We Read more…

By Averill Earls, 5 years10 months ago
Episode

Fascism and Uteruses

Averill and Marissa discuss abortion and birth control in 20th century Japan and Germany.

By Averill Earls, 5 years5 years ago
Episode

Family Limitation in the Pre-Modern World

Marissa and Averill discuss the wild, weird, and sometimes dangerous methods of family limitation in the pre-modern world.

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years3 years ago
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