Unit A contraception

The sponge was promoted by both clinics. 50% success rate

Hormonal birth control was created

Italian anatomist Fallopius discovered the Fallopin tubes

First precise and commonly accepted indications of the female fertility period was detected The rhythm method before this was based on the belief that: 1 ovoluation was during menstruation or just straight before 2

Retroflexed uterus detected in 50% of the women in Java - midwife assured that the uterus could be restored to normal with massage

Law prohibited abortion - a secular law of England, not as a result of Catholic law... Before this abortion was not seen as illegal or awful in the first months of pregnancy

Caholic church prohibited abortion

found widespread use of contraception even amongst those who had not received previous medical help. Coiutus interrupts was the most common pre-medical consultation BC - some doctors argued that this was dangerous, causing nervousness, and worst impotense. Coitus reservatus- karezza - man withhold hsi ejaculation all together were advocated through sex reformers

The Comstock law in 1873 banned all sorts of contraception

Condoms: before the 1850s the condoms was made at slaughterhouses in large quantities after 1850s: the vulcanization of rubber witch made the condom resistant to melting and cracking + price dropped drastically

1870s most important propagandist for planned conception = Ezra Heywood(man) advertised syringes the syringe was made a symbol of a womans self-determination

Pessaries and IUDs was used in plentiful for correcting irregularities of the cervix and uterine doctors both prescribing and inserting

Diaphragma invented in the 1920 and made a huge class difference in

The industrial revolution

Pre-industrial world: The burden of pregnancies was not the lack of contraception knowledge, but a suppression of the technology!

18th century condoms made of animal membrane English: riding coat, assurance cap French: letter, bladder policies, instrument of safety, condoms, cundums, prophylacticics

Homemade condoms formulas found in boos for home remedies through he mid 19th century

Ancient times the practice of the rhythm method: -greeks and eat African women described the avoidance of intercourse a few days after menstruation -prologning the suckling of infants

Prohibition of all reproductive control technologies by state and federal governments Abortion was probably the most common form of contraception then

Infanticide Convicted women were often hanged Desperation Amon poor women Suspections of the huge amount of laudanum sold, were not just to quiet children crying, but also to cill infants painlessly

Civil War of America during this time abortion was outlawed

The belief amongst women and men probably : that before the baby "quikening" , abortion was in no way reprehensible (forkastelig) and abortion was not conceders any more iniquitous (skammelig) than other forms of contraception

Abortion was made illegal during the civil war. Labels as Portuguese was denoted an abortificent French was a condom Emmenagogues - female regulators - stimulate menstruation when it was late to irregular

The rhythm method was widely acceptable during the 19th. century.

Douching was the most widely used method of contraception, but might have been limited to relatively prosperous women because of the lack of running water... The syringes improved togheter with the rubber revolution

19th-early 20th century recipes for homemade suppositories circulated

Utopian socialist challenged the prohibition of BC Perfectionist were the religious groups of these Both were pejoratively(nedsettende) called so Had greater influence than their size - especially on womens rights advocates decades later