
Kenyan women using animal abortion pills

The responsibility of journalists to tell the public the true story is so crucial

DES was used for decades as a postcoital contraceptive, and it was even endorsed by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Selected Items, from the FDA Drug Bulletin, May 1973

In 1973, the FDA said that DES was considered safe as an emergency contraceptive measure

In the 60s and 70s, Morris and van Wagenen tested how diethylstilbestrol could prevent implantation in macaque monkeys

First time that prevention of implantation was demonstrated – with DES usage – in humans

Emergency contraception has been called the best-kept contraceptive secret

International journal of fertility, NCBI PubMed PMID: 1687405, 1991

High-dose Diethylstilbestrol DES usage as a post-ovulatory pill, 1990