Medication taken by mouth for the purpose of birth control

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A girl sheds a tear: reducing risk of pregnancy with emergency oral contraceptive in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.

A male-female couple hold hands looking at each other representing Secure oral contraception in Ghana. Colour lithograph by Ghana Social Marketing Program, ca. 2000.

Protección natural, Gestanon : Es mejor.. el Metodo 22 con Lindiol 2.5 ovulostatico genuino ... / Organon.

Anovlar 21 ... : inhibición de la ovulación / Schering.

Royal College of General Practitioners 40th anniversary yearplanner 1993 ... / Atalink Ltd.

A naked man and woman embracing with the question 'Do you think the pill protects against HIV and other STDs?'; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement for an AIDS helpline in Norway. Colour lithograph after Morten Krogvold, ca. 1995.

A woman points to a packet of pills: oral contraception in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN), ca. 2000.

A smiling woman with an advertisement for Secure oral contraception: contraception choices in Ghana. Colour lithograph, 2002.

The German words written in red repeatedly on a transparent screen: "The pill does not protect me ... you ... him against AIDS" but the condom does; an advertisement for condoms as a protection against AIDS by the German Ministry of Health. Colour lithograph by Marat.

The seed heads of flowers flying like arrows towards the inner stamen of a yellow flower representing 'Love Question No 324', a warning that no pill in the world protects against unwanted sexually transmitted diseases; one of a series of safe sex AIDS prevention advertisements by Folkhälsoinstitutet, RFSU and RFSL. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.

Response to contraception / Maxwell roland.

Women and the crisis in sex hormones / Barbara Seaman and Gideon Seaman.

The pill, John Rock, and the church : the biography of a revolution / by Loretta McLaughlin.

The committee on the safety of medicines. A personal account from Prof. Bill Inman.

Cats not kids. #3.

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Contraceptives, Oral

Images from the collections

Images about Contraceptives, Oral

Works from the collections

Response to contraception / Maxwell roland.

Women and the crisis in sex hormones / Barbara Seaman and Gideon Seaman.

The pill, John Rock, and the church : the biography of a revolution / by Loretta McLaughlin.

The committee on the safety of medicines. A personal account from Prof. Bill Inman.

Cats not kids. #3.

Contraceptives, Oral

Images from the collections

Images about Contraceptives, Oral

Works from the collections

Response to contraception / Maxwell roland.

Women and the crisis in sex hormones / Barbara Seaman and Gideon Seaman.

The pill, John Rock, and the church : the biography of a revolution / by Loretta McLaughlin.

The committee on the safety of medicines. A personal account from Prof. Bill Inman.

Cats not kids. #3.

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