Oral Contraceptive In The 1960's

Since it’s invention in the early 1960s oral contraceptive has been instrumental in allowing women the choice whether or not to have children and reproduce. Margaret Sanger, a nurse and later women's’ advocate, was crucial in the development and later introduction to the United States market. This was not without controversy however, many religious and governmental bodies opposed the introduction of oral contraceptives because of concerns of safety, religious interpretation, and thoughts that oral contraceptive would hurt the population and promote promiscuity. Invention of the oral contraceptive was very important as it provided women with the power and choice to plan when or if they wanted to have children.
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At the time in the mid 1900s, religious groups were tightly tied in with the United States government. This caused not only social rejection and disapproval, but also legal cases. A good example of this is the supreme court case Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965. This landmark case made it unconstitutional to prevent married couples from acquiring oral contraceptive. This resistance came from religious organizations that believed that it was sinful to use contraceptive to prevent pregnancy. The social implications of the oral contraceptive were also difficult for the American woman to deal with in the 1960s. Women were secretive in their use of oral contraceptive as to not be ostracized by others who disapproved.
Personally, I see the effects of the pill in my own life. My grandparents had four children and my parents only had two. My grandparents began having children as soon as they were married in their early twenties while my parents only began having children a few years after being married in their mid twenties. I think the oral contraceptive benefitted my parent’s generation by allowing them more time to financially and emotionally mature before having