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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Her doctor put her on the Pill to help manage the pain but it gave her migraines, so she came off it in 2018.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025
Just the Pill, a nonprofit health organization that helps patients obtain abortion pills, is hitting the road.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2022
This new version of the Pill Plus will only be available for a limited time.
From The Verge • Mar. 2, 2022
In University of Oregon professor Krystale Littlejohn's newly released book, "Just Get On the Pill," Littlejohn explores what she calls "the uneven burden of reproductive politics."
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2021
Now, Captain Bob's "gig" was exceedingly small; so small, and of such a grotesque shape, that the sailors christened it the Pill Box; and by this appellation it always went.
From Omoo by Melville, Herman
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