1965 births

situations", which were danger to the mother's life, presence of fetal birth defects, and when the pregnancy was the result of rape" (Bélanger and Flynn 15). However, by the late 1950s the laws were not strictly enforced and therefore women could access illegal abortions easily (Hollerbach 100). Moreover, as was the case in Chile the danger associated with clandestine abortions lead to an increase in maternal mortality…

transform the practice of medicine throughout history, through reproductive rights, contraception and standards requiring pharmaceutical companies to provide information and side effects of drugs. The Pill has grown to be the leading type of birth control used in the United States. It is “the first, but also the most successful lifestyle drug in history,” (Tone, 320) transforming medical practice by changing cultural perceptions of labor and delivery, where and how childbirth occurred. It…

Ellen Chesler’s Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America, reveals the story of Margaret Sanger and her battles for birth control and to help women gain control over their bodies. Margaret Sanger believed that contraception is the key to reorganize power to women at home and society. For many years, she struggled with overwhelming opposers, such as the United States Government and the Catholic Church. Sanger’s movement was perplexing and impulsive. Sanger was an…

drug was safe and harmless, however, by 1960, doctors were concerned about the possible side effects of Thalidomide as some patients had nerve damage in their limbs after long term use. In the early 1960’s the drug was found to be associated with birth defects, damaging the development of unborn babies, as it was not understood that these drug molecules could cross the placental wall, severely affecting the foetus. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the drug thalidomide affected over 10,000…

Reproductive health therefore implies that people are able to have an independent, self-satisfying and safe sex life with desired frequency, pleasure, autonomy and self-designed family size. Birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, is methods or devices used to prevent pregnancy. Birth control methods have been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods only became available…

The road to the legalization of birth control was not easy. Activists such as Margaret Sanger devoted their entire lives to the legalization and implementation of birth control. While the FDA made various forms of birth control accessible throughout the twentieth century, the turning point was when the FDA approved “the pill” in 1960. The pill was a pivotal invention because it made birth control more accessible and applicable; rather than using difficult processes to prevent child-bearing,…

The amount of effort from going to school and work can be stressful enough, adding a baby on top of that could impact a woman’s life in a way that may consume her will to work or go to school. Birth control, at least the pill, has not been readily available for single women up until the recent decades. Birth control can reduce the chance of a woman conceiving a child, some methods more effective and intrusive than others. While other forms have been passed just by word of mouth and proven to be…

Agriculture in most developing economies is the core sector providing a livelihood to a significant proportion of population, especially in rural areas. Since this sector faces the largest burnt of underemployment, unemployment and poverty, a growing agriculture and allied sector is expected to contribute vastly to overall growth and poverty alleviation. Increasing the productive capacity of agriculture through higher productivity has been an important goal in developing countries. There has…

the reliance on the federal government for funding is a result of the decrease in the amount of appropriations given by the states (Kretovics, 2011). Without the passage of the Higher Education Act in 1965, there would be no federal funding for higher education. The Higher Education Act of 1965 helped define the role that the federal government plays in financing higher education. It set in place…

well as the creation of a birth control pill, and the battle to legalize contraceptives. First, there were many dangers that women experienced during the time when forms of contraceptives…