Time magazine has a piece on the pill in its May 3rd edition marking its 50th anniversary.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
The Pill made sex outside of marriage far easier to conceal, lowering the social cost of extramarital and premarital sex. In 1966 U S. News & World Report would worry openly that the Pill might lead to sexual anarchy.
Nancy Gibbs puts a particular emphasis on the role of the Pill in
enabling modern feminism. She cites National Organization for Women
president Terry O’Neill: “There is a straight line between the Pill and
the changes in family structure we now see.Women could now enter the workplace without fear of a career
interrupted by pregnancy. Employers “lost a primary excuse for closing
their ranks to women.””
Wow! amazingly we agree with NOW, only not in the sense they say...it has not lowered the social cost of extra marital pre marital affairs, it has increased the cost with the death of millions of babies the increased use of women as objects and the destruction of millions of women because of abortion.
The family structure has changed, but far from making it better it has destroyed families...leaving the family unit forever changed and not for the better.
I have not read the entire article yet...it is too early in the morning. I do know many women do not realize the pill is a an abortifacent, or the damage it can cause to them physically.
More later....
Here is the blog I caught this on:
Here is the article from Time: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1983712,00.html
And here is something everyone should take the time to read if they have not already....
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html