Mandated Contraceptive Coverage
Religious Freedom and Women's Reproductive Rights
For more than 40 years, more people have taken “the pill” than any other prescribed drug, and its use has had a major impact on American culture — making it easier for women to pursue careers, fueling the debate over reproductive choice, and changing attitudes toward sex.
Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill in 1960, it wasn’t until 1965 that the Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, determined that the private use of contraceptives was a constitutional right.
