WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sexual Sterilization Act Of Alberta, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Leilani Muir
17 Mar 2016
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A brief history the big little pill. Film the sterilization of leiliani muir (45 minutes). , tending to corrupt morals. : the pill was available by 1960 for menstrual regulation, , illegal to discuss contraception or prescribe the pill for contraception until. 1969, when the canadian parliament decriminalized contraception by passing amendments to section 251 of the criminal code. March 16, 2016: only married women could be prescribed the pill for birth control, physicians could prescribe hormones for any reason other than birth control (eg. , menstrual irregularity). If they prescribed the pill for birth control, they were breaking the law: in 1968, pope paul vi released the catholic church"s first official position on the birth control pill. March 16, 2016: in 1992, depo-provera was approved for use as a contraceptive agent. 2000s brought contraceptive patches and rings to canada, and research on sprays and gels elsewhere worldwide: four morning after pills currently available in canada otc.
