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June 25 1914
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Planned Parenthood's founder Margaret Sanger coins the term "birth control" and uses it in an issue of The Woman Rebel
October 16 1916
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Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic.
October 26 1916
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Margaret & others are arrested and clinic is closed down. Margaret Sanger spends 30 days in prison.
1955
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First large-scale trial of the contraceptive pill In Puerto Rico
1960
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The pill approved for sale in the United States. However, Comstock laws are in place which restricts states for sale & advertisement of birth control.
1960 - 2000
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A reduction in percentage of unwanted pregnancies.
June 23 1960
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves birth control pill as an oral contraceptive.
1961
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The pill introduced in New Zealand, but only for married women through doctors prescriptions.
1964
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Family Planning starts prescribing the pill to married women.
1965
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US Supreme Court rules that married couples have right to contraception in a case by Planned Parenthood's first clinic in New Haven, Connecticut.
1965
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1 out of 4 married women in America younger than 45 had used the pill.
1967
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More than 12.5 million women around the world are on the pill.
1967
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13 million people in the world are using the pill.
1968
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In US, women can now choose from different birth control pills.
1970
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2/3 of all catholic women are using contraceptives.
1972
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Supreme Cout declares Massachusetts Law restricting sale of contraceptives to unmarried women unconstitutional.
1975
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Loretta Lynn's country music song "The Pill" is released. It becomes a hit in the Greatest Country Songs of All Time.
1984
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FDA approves distribution of Copper IUD, however for 4 years no manufacturers are wanting to make it available to women in US.
1988 - 2010
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Teen abortion rate declined.
December 25 1993
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Economist Magazine names birth control pill one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
1998
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Planned Parenthood wins legislative victory which requires prescription of contraceptive drugs and devices to be included in coverage of insurance for employees of federal government.
2006
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Emergency Contraception is approved for sale over-the-counter both for men & women aged 18+.
2008
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Bush Administration proposes a rule which limits the rights of patients to receive accurate reproductive health information. Planned Parenthood files case over "midnight regulation".
2010
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Birth Control could cost up to £480 per year. A survey finds out that more than 1/3 of female voters have struggled to afford prescription birth control, due to this have used it inconsistently.
2012 - 2014
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Health Insurance plans are now required to cover all FDA-approved contraceptives with no copay. An estimated 30 million women are benefitting from ObamaCare's preventative healthcare provision.
2012 - 2014
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In 2013, FDA lifts the age restrictions for over-the-counter sale of Plan B One-Step emergency contraception.
2016
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Today, 99% of sexually active American Women have used birth control at some point in their lives. Nearly 60% of Americans who use the birth control pill use it for health-related reasons such as menstrual pain.
Present
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100 million women use the pill.