Steroid Contraceptives in the People's Republic of China
- 6 September 1973
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 289 (10) , 533-535
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197309062891012
Abstract
The history of population policy and contraception in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is fairly well documented1 from the period of the initial Communist victory in 1949 until the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. Since then reports have been sporadic, anecdotal and frequently even contradictory. Compare the following two 1971 quotations: "All means of family planning and contraception are available except for the scarcity of hormonal contraceptive pills which are considered too expensive and possibly dangerous to the mother's health."2 "The present pill is now manufactured in the billions in the largest chain of labs of this . . .Keywords
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