Abstract
In no way is reproduction experiential for men as it is for women who bear and rear children. Yet men essentially control the development and distribution of contraceptive methods, while women suffer their consequences. To dissolve this paradox of patriarchal society, those who bear the major burden of reproduction should determine how and when to control their fertility. How are women to win that power? Practical political questions are woven seamlessly into ethical considerations. With all the other inequalities that riddle American society—class, race, income, opportunity, education, access to health care, and so on—the problems of patriarchal control of contraception affect different groups of women with varying emphases.
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Gross, M. (1980). Introduction. In: Holmes, H.B., Hoskins, B.B., Gross, M. (eds) Birth Control and Controlling Birth. Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6005-9_2
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