Remembering The Meeting 50 Years Ago That Led To ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’
""What’s in this pill?” I asked the doctor. He came over and patted the top of my head and said, “Dear, dear, you don't have to worry about it.”
It was 1966, and this was my last OB/GYN visit in Ann Arbor, Michigan, (with my newborn son) before moving to Boston. My doctor had just told me to take the pill, and I wanted to understand what he was recommending for my body and why. He thought that was silly. And I got angry."
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The pill was tested in the 50's in the Big Pharma Testbed that is the island of Puerto Rico.
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