Thirty years ago the United Kingdom Family Planning Association introduced combined contraceptive pills into its clinics. Before 1960 there had been no hormonal methods of contraception, and intrauterine devices were only just becoming available.' Most women in the United Kingdom relied on coitus interruptus, diaphragms (available only to married women), sheaths, the rhythm method, or luck. Today, three million women in the United Kingdom use the contraceptive pill-for young nulliparous women it is the most popular method of contraception (table).2
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Szarewski et al. (1991) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: