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Father of the pill dies

February 7, 2015 by Archived posts 182 Comments

Dr. Carl Djerrasi

By Mackenzie Viera |Staff Writer| Dr. Carl Djerassi, best known as the father of birth control, died in his San Francisco home at 91. The chemist developed a molecule that served as the key ingredient to the birth control pill, allowing women to take a new-found control in their lives by preventing unplanned pregnancies. Djerassi wrote many books, one of which was titled “The Man’s Pill”, where he expressed his interest in the way the pill affected society. The evolution of birth control can be traced as far back as 1500 B.C. when women created concoctions made of crocodile feces. Djerassi lead a team in a Mexico City laboratory to study and discover the primary chemical … [Read more...] about Father of the pill dies

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: birth control, carl, condoms, contraceptives, djerassi, IUD, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy, sex, stds, student life, students, the pill

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