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Who invented the birthcontrol pill or how we got it and i became curious. It struck me as odd that anybody would have on their agenda in the 1950s a pill for the sexual liberation of women something that would free women to control their fertility. Who did that so thats where the idea came from. When i looked into it i found this incredible story of these outsiders these underdogs who had no enfranchisement no Government Support no university support in setting out to do something that everyone told them was impossible. Host can you sketch out what life was like before the pill . I think people today certainly i took it for granted and many people took it for granted before the 1960s when the pill became commonly used contraception was very limited. Abstinence was your best bet in the absence was harder. You had and some options available for women who went to their doctors that women have to go through men to get access to those and a effective and accessible forms of contraception. T
End you make it incredibly exciting. I am curious to know your previous books were about al capone so what made you choose this subject . It is funny because i did not have on my radar at all until 10 or 12 years ago i heard our rabbi give a sermon to think of yourself as a partner with guide to change the world not just yourself but think about how we can transform our existence and he said the Birth Control pill think of how the inventors must have set out to create one of the most important inventions of all time to change human dynamics, marriage and reproduction. But he never said how we got it and i became curious and it struck me as odd that anybody would have on their agenda to control fertility and 50s so who did that . And then i found this incredible story these underdogs with no Government Support doing what everybody told the of was impossible. Host sketch out what life was like before the pill. Guest people today i think many people take it for granted. Before the 60s the
Regime. Inside one of the cars that is just completed the world longest race. Hello there. At least 64 people have been killed in india during a hindu pig grim imagine, thousands have gathered for a religious festival. Another 100 people were injured in the crash. Some of these pill games have been fasting for the past nine days on the 10th day, they went to pay their respects to the hindu goddess. But the festive move turns as thousands tries to cross a bridge, rumors spread that it was collapsing and that cause add stampede. The stampede started on a bridge over the river, and a number of victims are reported to have jumped into the water. People across india are marking the festival in the hipped due calendar. Hindu calendar. Especially during religious festivals. Relief workers are trying to get aid to the hundreds of thousands of people in the east f india. After nearly 900,000 were so far three people are reported to have died. Wind speeds at one point in excess of 300kilometers