birth control

Presents, in graphic novel format, the life of American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse Margaret Sanger.

Gloria Feldt shares letters she has received in the course of her work as president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America that highlight the importance of allowing people the right to sexual and reproductive self-determination.

A detailed guide to currently available methods of birth control.

Discusses the reproductive system and the various methods of birth control and how they work.

Contains twenty-three essays that provide varying perspectives on issues regarding birth control, debating how it affects society, who should control access to it, whether teens should have access to birth control, and what they should be taught about birth control options.

Presents cross-referenced, alphabetically arranged entries on topics related to birth control, including advocates and inventors, legal issues and cases, methods, countries, medical issues, organizations, religion, the reproductive system, research, and special populations.

Discusses our continually increasing population, its causes and consequences, and efforts by governments and individuals to control its growth.

The world is becoming increasingly male, and this mismatch is likely to create profound social upheaval. Historically, eras in which there have been an excess of men have produced periods of violent conflict and instability. Mara Hvistendahl has written a stunning, impeccably-researched book that does not flinch from examining not only the consequences of the misbegotten policies of sex selection but Western complicity with them"--.