Most birth control milestones happened much later than you might think

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Modern birth control isn't even a century old yet.

The birth control pill is only 57 years old this year.

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It took more than 70 years from the time the founder of Planned Parenthood coined the term for what we now know as "the pill" to be approved and legal for all Americans to use.

Here is the history of major milestones in the fight for universal access to birth control - that happened much later than you might think: