Bibliograph

In our control, the complete guide to contraceptive choices for women, Laura Eldridge ; Foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner

Type

Label

In our control, the complete guide to contraceptive choices for women, Laura Eldridge ; Foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In our control

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

436968402

Responsibility statement

Laura Eldridge ; Foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner

Sub title

the complete guide to contraceptive choices for women

Summary

Reviews the history of contraceptives before the twenty-first century, and discusses the pros and cons of contraceptive choices for women, including birth control pills, natural birth control, nonhormonal contraceptive options, menstrual suppression drugs, and others

Table Of Contents

Past tense : contraceptive history before the twenty-first century -- A pill primer : hormonal contraception for the twenty-first century -- Hidden in plain sight : nonhormonal contraceptive options -- By any other name : alternative distribution methods and hormonal contraception -- Of tides and phases : menstruation and birth control -- Spotless : questions and controversies with new menstrual suppression drugs -- Like candy : the politics of the morning-after pill and bringing hormonal contraception over the counter -- Running in cycles : fertility awareness and natural birth control -- One less? Facts and fictions about HPV vaccinations -- What about the boys? Or, why is there still no pill for men? -- Going green : the environmental burden of contraception -- Around the world in twenty-eight days : international issues in reproductive and contraceptive health

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