Increasing Access to Birth Control Means More Than Just “The Pill”
Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health
JANUARY 12, 2019
More than half of all pregnancies, or nearly all teen pregnancies, in the United States are unplanned and limited access to birth control has a lot to do with it. The world’s first birth control pill—Enovoid 10—was introduced by drug firm G.D. Searle & Company in 1960. Nearly 60 years later, birth control is far more than swallowing a pill every day yet access to all options are more limited than many Americans might realize.
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