Is Birth Control Under Attack?
Moves to Limit Contraception—From IUDs to the Pill—Are Following the Anti-Abortion Playbook
Zócalo celebrated its 20th birthday recently! As part of the festivities, we’re publishing reflections and responses that revisit and reimagine some of our most impactful stories and public programs. Social scientist Megan Kavanaugh revisits Jacqueline Coulette’s 2012 essay “How I Had Sex in 1950.” Since that time, birth control has become nearly universal in American society, but access to contraception still faces threats.
There are few things in America as universal as contraception. More than 99% of reproductive age women—and by extension, their partners—have used …
