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1954: Dr. Gregory Pincus, a scientist, and Dr....
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1954
Dr. Gregory Pincus
, a scientist, and Dr. John Rock
, a Catholic physician, began the first human trials of the birth-control pill on 50 female volunteers in Massachusetts at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
Later 1960: Oral contraceptives, popularly known as the...
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Later 1960
Oral contraceptives, popularly known as the Pill, marketed by Searle
under the name of Enovid, gained approval for use in Britain by the Family Planning Association
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Bakalar, Nicholas. “First Mention: Birth Control Pills, 1957”. The New York Times, 25 Oct. 2010.
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