The Morning After: A History of Emergency Contraception in the United States

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151 Index abortion: and Catholic Church, 14; emergency contraceptives vs., 103, 110, 115–117, 125; and feminist health activism, 5, 31, 39–40, 51, 57–58, 65–67, 69–70, 72; illegal, 25–26, 28, 31, 57–58, 70; legalization of, 58, 67; restrictions on, 1, 67, 75–79, 83–84, 89, 95; and Yuzpe method, 67, 69–70 abortion clinics, 56, 71, 75, 77, 84–85; protests against (see Operation Rescue); violence against, 75, 77, 98. See also family planning clinics; Planned Parenthood abortion rights activism. See pro-choice activism abstinence, sexual, 76, 116–117 ACOG. See American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA, 1981), 76 adoption, 25 advertising: DTC (direct-to-consumer), 13, 16, 21, 101–102, 106, 109, 111, 113–114; to physicians, 13, 16, 38–39, 46, 114 Advocates for Medical Information (AMI), 5, 41, 43, 57 Advocates for Youth, 95 African Americans, 13, 18, 24–25, 34–35, 59, 69. See also women of color Agency for International Development (USAID), 97 AIDS activists, 96 Alan Guttmacher Institute, 79, 116 Allegheny Reproductive Health Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 59 Allina, Amy, 111–113, 124, 128 American Academy of Pediatrics, 116 American College Health Association, 30, 35, 116 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), 59, 84, 93, 95, 99 American Gynecological Society, 22 American Life League, 88, 99 American Medical Association (AMA), 12–13, 93, 116 American Medical Women’s Association, 95, 99, 114 American Public Health Association, 81, 95, 114 American Public Health Service, 13 American Society for Emergency Contraception (ASEC), 104, 111 Amherst College, 28–29 AMI. See Advocates for Medical Information Anderson, Jack, 38 Anderson, Robert E., 41 Andrews, William, 66 anti-abortion movement, 75–76, 79, 83, 88, 90, 92, 94–95, 100, 109–110, 124, 127 anti-rape movement, 57–58, 74, 90 anti-Semitism, 10 Archer, David F., 64–66 ARHP. See Association of Reproductive Health Professionals ASEC. See American Society for Emergency Contraception Ashby, Audrey, 71 Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP), 84, 114, 118–120; Reproductive Health Access Project, 119–120 Ayerst. See Wyeth Ayerst Baby Boom, 10–11, 35 Baird, Bill, 16 Bard, David Sayre, 62 Barden, Elizabeth, 99 Barr Laboratories, 101, 118, 120–121, 123 Bass, Marie, 77–81, 83, 94 Baylor Medical School, 61 behind-the-counter drugs. See BTC Bellerby, C. W., 9 Benshoof, Janet, 99 Berkeley Free Clinic, 49 Berkeley Women’s Health Collective, 49–50 Berlex Laboratories, 95 birth control. See contraception Birth Control Handbook (McGill Univ.), 29, 35 Birth Control Review, 15 birth defects, 16, 19, 65. See also fetal exposure; teratogens black militants, 18, 69, 77 blood clots, 16, 30, 32, 38, 112 Blye, Richard P., 58–59, 64–66 Boonstra, Heather, 116 Boston University, 16, 47; Student Congress handbook, 31–32 Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (BWHBC), 40, 50, 80–81, 88–89 Bowen v. Kendrick, 76 British Medical Research Council, 20 Brody, Jane, 37 Brown, Colleen, 97 Brown, Jasmine, 92 Brown, Jenny, 119–120 Brown, Willa, 99 Brown University, 29 Bruyn, Henry, 33 BTC (behind-the-counter) drugs, 113, 120, 122, 126, 128 Burdick, H. O., 9 Bush, George H. W., 79, 89 Bush, George W., 117–123 Buxton, C. Lee, 23–24 BWHBC. See Boston Women’s Health Book Collective Calderone, Mary S., 13 California State University, Fresno, 68 Camp, Sharon, 79–80, 82, 90, 93, 102–104, 106, 113–114 cancer, 3, 5, 10–11, 37–38, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49–51, 53, 61, 65, 67–68, 73, 89 Cancer Control Bureau (New York State Department of Health), 50, 56 CARASA. See Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse Carroll, Robert, 116–117 Catholic Church, 11, 14, 19, 77 Catholics for Free Choice, 79 CBS (television network), 101 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), 80, 99, 106, 109, 118, 121–122. See also Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Population Research (NICHHD), 42, 55–56, 59, 64 Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP), 95–97, 99, 114–115, 118 Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), 118–119, 122–123 Centers for Disease Control, 64 cervical cancer, 38, 49. See also DES (diethylstilbestrol) Chandler, Steve, 31 Chang, Min Chueh, 7–8, 10–12, 14, 18–19 Chelian, Renee, 58, 84–85 Chesler, Phyllis, 62 Children’s Bureau (U.S.), 25 citizen’s petitions. See under Food and Drug Administration (FDA) civil disobedience, 31, 119–120, 123 civil rights activists, 18, 69, 77 Clarke, Adele, 3–4 Clark University, 10 Clinton...