Female Empowerment or Exploitation? The Puerto Rican Birth Control Trials

Speculums in the Closet by Lizzie Torrez & Sheena Karkal

Episode notes

Pulling out the first speculum from the closet, and today's is a doozy. How was modern birth control developed? Who were the key players, unbeknownst participants, and unfortunate victims of the large scale medical experimentation that led to the creation one of the most widely distributed pharmaceuticals? Let's chat about it.

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medical historyhistoryOBGYNwomen's healthbirth controlmedical humanitieshealth humanitiesmedical