Episode 55: Birth Control & Family Planning

Before IUDs and the pill, people still wanted ways to space out pregnancies or avoid having a child. How did they go about this? From animal-gut condoms to goat uteruses to diy-diaphragms, the methods were as varied as they were strange. We also talk about how people have viewed, understood, and politicised birth control and family planning. How did this topic go from something discussed in private between couples, to something that made the news and was debated about in the halls of government? Find out this week as we talk all about family planning!TW: discussions of sexual assault, infanticide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.