Beth Bailey Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: b. 1957
The birth control pill, to a great degree, made possible the (hetero)sexual revolution. Yet those who developed oral contraceptives did not intend their work to promote what the majority of Americans at the time called "promiscuity." Doctors generally refused to prescribe the pill to women who were not married; the Supreme Court did not rule this practice unconstitutional until 1972.
topic: Practice, Doctors, Birth Control Pills, Unconstitutional, Contraceptives, Sexual Revolution
