An interesting quick-history of birth control in this Mother Jones article. Check it out. Here are some highlights:
1554 John Calvin calls masturbation “monstrous” and withdrawal “doubly monstrous. For this is to extinguish the hope of the race and to kill before he is born the hoped-for offspring.”
1861 First condom ad (for Dr. Powers’ French Preventative) in the New York Times: “Those who have used them are never without them.”
1975 Loretta Lynn’s “The Pill” is a country hit: “This incubator is overused / Because you’ve kept it filled / The feelin’ good comes easy now / Since I’ve got the pill.”

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