Birth Control-An Overview

vaginal suppositories; a fiber tampon moistened with an herbal mixture of acacia, dates, colocynth, and honey to prevent pregnancy; and various substances to prevent pregnancy or induce miscarriage" (Birth Control). Some of the birth control methods that we use now in the United States where created by different cultures. The ancient Turks and Arabs created the IUD when they would insert smooth pebbles into the uterus of their camels so they couldn't get pregnant will on long trips in the desert (Birth Control). A physician of King Charles II of England came up with the condom, which was made of sheep intestines. It wasn't until 1844 that condoms became used as a form of birth control after the vulcanization of rubber (Birth Control). Yet, though all these birth control methods were created and practiced in various cultures, birth control in America was not legally allowed until after Margaret Sanger's birth control movement. She began in 1912 publishing and distributing materials about women's repr
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