Did We Give the Pill Too Much Power?

by Elizabeth Weingarten

More than fifty years after the pill first came to market, its promise of access and equality remains unfulfilled for millions of other women.

The Great Bluff That Led To A 'Magical' Pill And A Sexual Revolution

In the '50s, selling contraception was still officially illegal in many states.

How the Pill Overcame Impossible Odds And Found a Place in Millions of Women's Purses

by Ann Friedman

The pill is now so common—four out of five sexually active women have used it—that it’s easy to forget that oral contraception was once the stuff of fantasy.