in 3,000 BC fish bladders, linen sheaths, and animal intestines were used as a sort of "condom". In the 1500's the fist spermicides were used by soaking condoms made of linen cloths sheaths in a chemical to kill the sperm, then left to dry before use. It wasn't until 1838 that condoms were made of vulcanized rubber. In 1960 the first oral contraceptive was invented. Within the 1960's the IUD was invented and distributed throughout the US. In the 1980's and 1990's implants and injection Birth Control methods were invented as well as low hormone birth control pills.
Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Inc. (2005 March). Birth control: A brief history of birth control. Retrieved on February 12, 2010 from http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=18&compID=53.
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