The Politics of Steroid Contraceptives: The FDA's Impact on Birth Control in the United States

The Politics of Steroid Contraceptives: The FDA's Impact on Birth Control in the United States

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The Politics of Steroid Contraceptives: The FDA's Impact on Birth Control in the United States

dc.contributor.advisor	Hutt, Peter Barton	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kaufmann, Laura A.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-08T00:53:27Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	The Politics of Steroid Contraceptives: The FDA's Impact on Birth Control in the United States (2002 Third Year Paper)	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8852212
dc.description.abstract	Steroid contraceptives were created during a period of societal support of pharmaceutical research and development and a climate of eugenics. The eugenics movement, which sought a solution to expanding poor and uneducated populations, overlapped with an emerging feminist goal of providing women with alternatives to lives based upon motherhood. Since the first introduction of steroid contraception in the form of the Pill, development of contraception and FDA involvement therein has followed the political tides, which, coupled with an increasingly litigious society, has chilled contraceptives research and development. Further dampening may also be attributed to the linkage between contraceptives and abortion in the law and in the public's perception. In order to reverse the trend of research withdrawal, action will be necessary on several fronts: tort reform by means of an FDA defense is necessary as well as required insurance coverage of steroid contraceptives and increased public funding.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dash.license	LAA	en_US
dc.subject	Food and Drug Law	en
dc.subject	steroids	en
dc.subject	contraception	en
dc.subject	eugenics	en
dc.subject	abortion	en
dc.subject	research	en
dc.title	The Politics of Steroid Contraceptives: The FDA's Impact on Birth Control in the United States	en
dc.type	Paper (for course/seminar/workshop)	en_US
dc.date.available	2012-06-08T00:53:27Z