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YEAR:

1973

CATEGORY:

Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning.

AUTHORS

Guttmacher AF

SOURCE

In: Guttmacher, A.F. Pregnancy, birth, and family planning: a guide for expectant

parents in the 1970s. New York, Viking, 1973. p. 267-306

ABSTRACT

The use of contraception and abortion throughout human history is reviewed. The family planning movement in the

U.S. is traced. There is a list of occasions when contraception should be used and a discussion of conditions

favoring and not favoring rapid pregnancies. All the major types of contraception are discussed in detail, including

such topics as side effects, mode of action, and effectiveness rate. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 76-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning.", is(are) Guttmacher AF. The source of

this article is "In: Guttmacher, A.F. Pregnancy, birth, and family planning: a guide for expectant parents in the 1970s.

New York, Viking, 1973. p. 267-306". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT8T 76-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35076

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