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Eldridge, Laura.

In our control : the complete guide to contraceptive choices for women / Laura Eldridge ; Foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner.

Seven stories press 1st ed.

New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, ©2010.

xi, 369 pages ; 24 cm

Reviews the history of contraceptives before the twenty-first century, and discusses the pros and cons of contraceptive choices for women, including birth control pills, natural birth control, nonhormonal contraceptive options, menstrual suppression drugs, and others.

Contraceptives -- Popular works.

Contraception.

Women -- Health and hygiene.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Past tense : contraceptive history before the twenty-first century -- A pill primer : hormonal contraception for the twenty-first century -- Hidden in plain sight : nonhormonal contraceptive options -- By any other name : alternative distribution methods and hormonal contraception -- Of tides and phases : menstruation and birth control -- Spotless : questions and controversies with new menstrual suppression drugs -- Like candy : the politics of the morning-after pill and bringing hormonal contraception over the counter -- Running in cycles : fertility awareness and natural birth control -- One less? Facts and fictions about HPV vaccinations -- What about the boys? Or, why is there still no pill for men? -- Going green : the environmental burden of contraception -- Around the world in twenty-eight days : international issues in reproductive and contraceptive health.

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