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Make Love, Not War
The Sexual Revolution: An Unfettered History
by David Allyn
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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 (April 05 2001)
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The Pill: A Prescription for Equality
In his State of the Union address of January 4, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson cautiously announced his plans to promote the use of birth control abroad. I will seek new ways, he told Congress, to use our knowledge to help deal with the explosion

The Pill: A Prescription for Equality, Part 2
Although executives at Searle were well aware that the pill had many potentially dangerous side effects (studies suggested links to nausea, headaches, dizziness, heart problems, and cancer), they marketed the new drug aggressively.

The Pill: A Prescription for Equality, Part 3
According to Connecticut law, anyone who used a drug or instrument to prevent conception could be fined or imprisoned a minimum of sixty days or both. This meant a married couple could go to jail for using a condom.


About the Author

David AllynDavid Allyn

David Allyn has a Ph.D. from Harvard and has taught history at Princeton University. His articles have appeared in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the New York Daily News, and the Journal of American Studies. He has appeared on CNN and MSNBC and has lectured on the sexual revolution at conferences and colleges across the country. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, with his wife and daughter.

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