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
