037 - Contraception: connected to abortion? Digging into the research with Mallory Smyth of Endow Groups

Does contraception use decrease abortion rates? What does the research say? Today, Mallory Smyth from Endow joins the show to discuss what researchers have found when looking at the relationship between contraceptive use and abortion. Resources mentioned: - British writings on contraception: Elle on British Women and Abortions - link British Pregnancy Advisory Services on British women and late-term abortions - link - Guttmacher Institute (research arm of Planned Parenthood) studies on contraception and abortion - link - Depo-Provera and monkeys: The Decline of Males by Dr. Lionel Tiger - Economics and contraception: The Bitter Pill by Timothy Reichert - Increased hormones in water supply: Can Birth Control Hormones Be Filtered from the Water Supply? from Scientific American - How birth control changes attraction preferences:  Birth Control Pills Affect Women's Taste in Men from Scientific American  Going Off the Pill Could Affect Who You're Attracted to, Study Finds from Time - Encyclical Letter Humane Vitae of Pope Paul VI (July 25, 1968) - link - Mary Eberstadt on Humanae Vitae: click for video - More writings on the link between contraception and abortion: Human Life International - link All Life League - link