This day in history: “The Pill” gets FDA approval

On May 9, 1960, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first oral contraceptive for use as birth ...

Protestant leaders once championed birth control – not to liberate women, but as part of 'responsible parenthood'

Mother’s Day seems like a strange time to celebrate birth control, which, on its most basic level, is about helping people to not become mothers – or not become mothers again. But in the mid-20th ...