{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='USA: CONTRACEPTIVE PILL' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c103d8eafeecae14f15d' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c103d8eafeecae14f15d' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nUSA: CONTRACEPTIVE PILL\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003e New York, May 26 2000 1. Wide shot, women walking down street2. Medium shot women walking in street3. Wide shot, older and younger woman walk up stairs4. Close-up, birth control pill case being opened5. Still photos of Pill history6....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e New York, May 26 2000 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot, women walking down street\u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium shot women walking in street\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot, older and younger woman walk up stairs\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close-up, birth control pill case being opened\u003cbr/\u003e5. Still photos of Pill history\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium shot, doctor showing woman pill packages\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Patricia Gossel, Chair and Curator, Smithsonian\u003cbr/\u003eInstitute's Division of Science and Medicine\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close-up, pills being manufactured\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot, same\u003cbr/\u003e10. Medium shot, pill case\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot of pharmacy\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close-up pill packages on production line\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Raquel Arias,  Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Southern California\u003cbr/\u003e14. Medium shot, women walking on campus\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sally Wears, student\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lauren Baden, student\u003cbr/\u003e17. Still photo from 1960's, women with pills\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide shot, woman roller blading through Central Park\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Raquel Arias, Associate Professor of\u003cbr/\u003eObstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Southern California\u003cbr/\u003e20. Medium shot, older woman praying in church\u003cbr/\u003e21. Medium shot, nun praying\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide shot, Father Bonnici\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close-up, natural family planning brochures\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Father John Bonnici, Director of Family Life\u003cbr/\u003eOffice, New York Catholic Archdiocese\u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide shot, woman flirting with man, zoom in\u003cbr/\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eThe contraceptive pill, a major icon of the women's liberation movement, turns forty years old this week.\u003cbr/\u003eCredited as one of the most significant advancements for the women's movement and for  modern medicine, the pill is one of the most popular methods of birth control around the world.\u003cbr/\u003eThe women's movement has come a long way in the last forty years -- thanks in large\u003cbr/\u003epart to the invention of the birth control pill.\u003cbr/\u003e'The pill' has helped give women the freedom to control their reproductive cycles and thus their lives.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd around the world, more than 100 million women rely on the pill, making it the most popular contraceptive method.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The pill freed women from the vagaries of their reproductive system.  They could choose how many children to have, when to have them, it eased their entry into the work force, and as a result it had a major impact on the social development of the country.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Patricia Gossel, Chair and Curator, Smithsonian Institute's Division of Science and Medicine.\u003cbr/\u003eBirth control pills, like women, have come a long way.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile many women claim they still gain weight by taking them, birth control pills have non-contraceptive health benefits, including more regular menstrual cycles, reduced cramping, and a reduced incidence of iron deficiency, anaemia and acute pelvic inflammatory disease.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The pill, as it was originally introduced, while very effective, had relatively high doses of both estrogen and progesterone.  The pill we have today dramatically reduces the amount of those two hormones, thus increasing the safety of the pill.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr Raquel Arias, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Southern California\u003cbr/\u003eSex not being taboo anymore, many young women who'd rather work or continue their education than have a baby opt for the pill as a method of planning whether or not they have children.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I had the opportunity to protect myself instead of having someone else do it for me.  I mean, you can trust people and stuff but I think having to do it yourself gives you more control and freedom and I think that's very important for a young woman.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Sally Wears, student\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Instead of using condoms or something, using birth control pills are something steady, so sure, that it's completely in their control.  You know, it's not the man's choice of  whether he's going to put a condom on or not, so, it gives the woman pretty much the control over the situation.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Lauren Baden, student\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough the Pill does not protect women from sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS, clearly many women feel that the pill puts them in control of their lives in a way that is not possible with other forms of birth control.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The pill has brought us independence, the freedom to plan our lives, the freedom to  advance our work place, our education, our chance to advance ourselves socially -  it gave us the freedom to plan our lives.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Dr Raquel Arias, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Southern California\u003cbr/\u003eNot everyone condones the sexual liberty granted women by the pill.\u003cbr/\u003eThe catholic church states that chastity before marriage is paramount and that sexual  promiscuity remains morally reprehensible.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The only real way to protect oneself, to live a life, is to remain chaste, to remain abstinent from sexual activity, until you are married.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Father John Bonnici, Director of Family Life Office, New York Catholic Archdiocese\u003cbr/\u003eBut as the average age for getting married and rearing children inches upwards,  it seems assured that women's reliance upon the contraceptive pill will continue.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex justify-between'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' aria-label='Read more description' class='rp-full-description' type='button'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cspan id='read_more'\u003eRead More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-report'\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='resource-details-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='resource-details-heading'\u003eResource Details\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource-details clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eCurator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"star-rating\" aria-label=\"3.5 out of 5 stars\" role=\"img\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star-half-stroke text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"educator-rating-title\"\u003eEducator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"educator-rating-details\" data-path=\"/educator_ratings/rrp_data?resourceable_id=1127142\u0026amp;resourceable_type=Boclips%3A%3AVideoMetadata\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"not-yet-rated\"\u003eNot yet Rated\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eGrade\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd title=\"Grade\"\u003eHigher Ed\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSubjects\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;search_tab_id=1\u0026amp;subject_ids%5B%5D=1319782\"\u003eCareer \u0026amp; 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