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
But the company didn’t show the same love to the Pill line.
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
At the bottom of the shop are three elderly accountants, posting the vast financial transactions accruing from the Pill in three enormous ledgers.
From No Name by Collins, Wilkie
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