the Pill
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The Pill was introduced in the 1950s, and its possible side effects are still being investigated. It nonetheless offered an ease of use and reliability of result that no other method of contraception had ever before supplied. In this way, it contributed greatly to the sexual revolution.
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Pearce, from the Pill area of the city, was born into a true boxing family.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2022
Originally released in 2015, the Pill Plus was the first speaker released under the Beats brand since the music company was purchased by Apple for $3 billion back in 2014.
From The Verge • Jan. 10, 2022
Our public conversation around birth control has fixated for so long on a rights framework, for example, fighting just to get employers and insurers to cover contraceptives, Littlejohn notes in "Just Get On the Pill."
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2021
Nonprofits such as Just the Pill have also launched.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2021
But he was possessed of a contradictory spirit, for he swam after the Pill, crying to be taken aboard again.
From A Scout of To-day by Hornibrook, Isabel
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