The morning after : a history of emergency contraception in the United States /

This book is the first to describe the history of emergency contraception from its beginnings in the 1960s. Other historical accounts of this technology focus on the very recent past and present a story of uniform progress from “the nation's best kept secret” to a dedicated product found on mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prescott, Heather Munro
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2011]
Series:Critical issues in health and medicine.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book is the first to describe the history of emergency contraception from its beginnings in the 1960s. Other historical accounts of this technology focus on the very recent past and present a story of uniform progress from “the nation's best kept secret” to a dedicated product found on most pharmacy shelves.1 In these histories, there are clearly delineated opposing positions: on one side are those who support the technology as an uncomplicated scientific solution to the problem of unwanted pregnancy; on the other are religious conservatives who seek to ban the technology because they erroneously equate it with abortion.
Item Description:Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 electronic text (xi, 163 pages) :) : illustrations, digital fil
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813552170
0813552176