racial inequeties in the making of the birth control pill
The history of the Pill is a history interwoven with capitalism, exploitation, racism and classism. In that this is a historical look at oral contraception, this section will proceed in chronological order through the development, testing and present day situation of "the Pill." This historical look will also discuss the effects of capitalism, exploitation, racism and classism, with a careful look at how the effects of oral contraception were felt in vastly different ways by white women and black women.Development of the Pill was partly facilitated by Katherine McCormic, multi-million dollar widow and friend of Margaret Sanger, who contributed over three million dollars for scientific research into the development of oral contraception (Chesler 432), but was primarily funded by pharmaceutical companies and every major international institution for population control (Petchesky 171). The first oral progestin was synthesized in 1951 by Carl Djerassi and other chemists at the University of Mexico (Chesler 432). Built on Djerassi's work and funded greatly by McCormic, Gregory Pincus, M.C. Chang and John Rock, a Catholic pro-birth control gynecologist, collaborated to further develop the Pill and experiment wit
Some access to reproductive health services is offered to young and/or low income women through Title X. In international programs to aid what is (under a very broad definition of the word) termed development, " . A History of Contraception: From Antiquity to the Present Day. Title X clinics are also facing face ever increasing governmental regulations expressly designed to limit access to contraception and abortion (NFPRHA 6/24/1997). The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Well-Being of Children and Families. "Racism, Birth Control and Reproductive Rights. But in actuality, the historical record of this movement leaves much to be desired in the realm of challenges to racism and class exploitation (15). Concerns of racial suicide were echoed at the highest levels of government. President Theodore Roosevelt concluded his 1905 Thanksgiving Dinner Speech with a warning that "racial purity must be maintained" (Davis 19). Directed and produced by Ana Maria Garcia. The Family Planning Association of Puerto Rico, financed by pharmaceutical mogul Joseph Sunin, funded sterilizations for 11 thousand women, and also was used to test Sunnin's new contraceptive foam (La Operacion). 15 to produce, consumer prices range from $15-35, and with the medical examinations requisite for securing contraceptive prescriptions, minimum annual costs of oral contraception is $250 to $640 (Brown).
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