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Most of the specifically "Catholic" social thought has been Continental European, which, in a way has been unfortunate, since European Catholicism has been much more anti-capitalist than Catholicism in the US The Papal Encyclicals, which we will turn to first, have been strongly influenced by the European "Social" Catholicism and its various movements. In the United States, Catholics think politically and economically, much like other Americans, and they range in the spectrum from the extreme-right wing Brooklyn Tablet to the highly New Dealish Commonweal, and even to the left-wing anarchist Catholic Worker. The central tendency, however, especially among parish priests and rank- and-file, is often quite conservative and pro-capitalist. As for the Papal encyclicals, it must also be remembered that Catholics are not required to take them for gospel; only the Pope speaking "ex cathedral" on matters of high religious dogma – which of course is a rare event must be obeyed implicitly.
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Oral Contraceptive History - Birth Control Pills Enovid and Frank Colton
Carl Djerassi The birth control pill was introduced to the public in the early 1960s. Birth control pills are synthetic hormones that mimic the way real estrogen and progestin works in a women's body. The pill prevents ovulation - no new eggs are released by a women on the pill since her body is tricked into believing she is already pregnant.
Margaret Sanger was a lifelong advocate of women's rights and the use of birth control. During the 1930s, it was discovered that hormones prevented ovulation in rabbits. In 1950, while in her 80s, Sanger underwrote the research necessary to create the first human birth control pill. Sanger raised $150,000 for the project.
Frank Colton
Frank Colton was the inventor of Enovid, the first oral contraceptive - National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi was the inventor of modern oral contraceptives or the pill. - National Inventors Hall of Fame.
The Pill - Just the Facts - Birth Control Pills - Oral Contraceptives
The facts about the Pill are explained. Find out whether birth control pills cause weight gain, treat acne, and other important facts about the Pill.
Carl Djerassi The birth control pill was introduced to the public in the early 1960s. Birth control pills are synthetic hormones that mimic the way real estrogen and progestin works in a women's body. The pill prevents ovulation - no new eggs are released by a women on the pill since her body is tricked into believing she is already pregnant.
Margaret Sanger was a lifelong advocate of women's rights and the use of birth control. During the 1930s, it was discovered that hormones prevented ovulation in rabbits. In 1950, while in her 80s, Sanger underwrote the research necessary to create the first human birth control pill. Sanger raised $150,000 for the project.
Frank Colton
Frank Colton was the inventor of Enovid, the first oral contraceptive - National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi was the inventor of modern oral contraceptives or the pill. - National Inventors Hall of Fame.
The Pill - Just the Facts - Birth Control Pills - Oral Contraceptives
The facts about the Pill are explained. Find out whether birth control pills cause weight gain, treat acne, and other important facts about the Pill.
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/secure/aboutms/index.html
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Shocked by the inability of most women to obtain accurate and effective birth control, which she believed was fundamental to securing freedom and independence for working women, Sanger began challenging the 1873 federal Comstock law and the various "little Comstock" state laws that banned the dissemination of contraceptive information. In March 1914, Sanger published the first issue of The Woman Rebel, a radical feminist monthly that advocated militant feminism, including the right to practice birth control. For advocating the use of contraception, three issues of The Woman Rebel were banned, and in August 1914 Sanger was eventually indicted for violating postal obscenity laws. Unwilling to risk a lengthy imprisonment for breaking federal laws, Sanger jumped bail in October and, using the alias "Bertha Watson," set sail for England. En route, she ordered friends to release 100,000 copies of Family Limitation, a 16-page pamphlet which provided explicit instructions on the use of a variety of contraceptive methods.
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