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birth-control pill
[ burth-kuhn-trohl ]
noun
- an oral contraceptive for women, containing the hormones estrogen and progesterone or progesterone alone, that inhibits ovulation, fertilization, or implantation of a fertilized ovum, causing temporary infertility.
Word History and Origins
Origin of birth-control pill1
Example Sentences
"It may be that the day will come when people say the birth-control pill was a mistake," Alan Sears explained.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Thursday the first over-the-counter birth-control pill as concerns about cost, health hazards and correct usage take a back seat to reproductive rights after the fall of Roe v.
Food and Drug Administration approved a birth-control pill called Opill for use without a prescription on Thursday.
And there was also the constant fear, until the introduction of the birth-control pill in the 1960s, of unplanned pregnancies with no chance of a legal abortion before Roe v.
If the FDA follows this advice, the medication, sold under the name Opill, will be the first birth-control pill available without prescription in the United States.
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