“The Pill: Timeline: 1951-1990”. PBS: The Pill: American Experience.
Food and Drug Administration
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1959: Thalidomide, a tranquilliser, was announced...
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1959
Thalidomide, a tranquilliser, was announced in Britain as a new product from Distillers Company
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Brookes, Barbara. Abortion in England: 1900-1967. Croom Helm, 1988.
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Hindell, Keith, and Madeleine Simms. Abortion Law Reformed. Peter Owen, 1971.
108
Seager, Joni. “Re-Introducing Rachel Carson”. Women’s Review of Books, Vol.
30
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10 May 1960: In the USA the FDA approved the use of the...
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10 May 1960
In the USA the FDA
approved the use of the progestin oral contraceptive pill (marketed as Enovid). This had been developed by experimental scientist Gregory Pincus
(later in collaboration with physician John Rock
), whom...
1991: Norplant, an implanted and reversible form...
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1991
Norplant, an implanted and reversible form of birth control, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration
for use in the US.
Asbell, Bernard. The Pill: A Biography of the Drug that Changed the World. Random House, 1995.
336
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
706
10 May 1993: The first female condom was approved in the...
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10 May 1993
The first female condom was approved in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration
.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
723
27 March 1998: The US Food and Drug Administration authorised...
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27 March 1998
The USFood and Drug Administration
authorised the use of a drug called Viagra to treat male erectile dysfunction.
“National News”. CBC Television.
27 March 2013
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