The Morning After: A History of Emergency Contraception in the United States

by Heather Munro Prescott

Book Overview

Since 2006, when the "morning-after pill" Plan B was first sold over the counter, sales of emergency contraceptives have soared, becoming an $80-million industry in the United States and throughout the Western world. But emergency contraception is nothing new. It has a long and often contentious history as the subject of clashes not only between medical researchers and religious groups, but also between different factions of feminist health advocates.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813551633
• ISBN13: 9780813551630
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary