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Better Living (and Child Bearing) Through Chemistry: Pros and Cons

In 1959, a free booklet for 10-year-olds printed by the Kotex Co. extolled, with cheery drawings, that the onset of menstrual periods signified a girl was on her way "to becoming a young lady." Typical of that era, not a word of explanation about conception or its prevention was offered. Today, a half-century later, every preteen watcher of "Glee" knows that girls emotionally unready to become mothers nevertheless peak reproductively in their teens and early 20s. A lot has happened to affect our baby-birthing status in those 50 years. The FDA approved medically prescribed oral contraceptives ...

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