As someone interested in the intersections of religion and modern society, I r… · @jevergreen7 · TwKit

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As someone interested in the intersections of religion and modern society, I recall that one of the co-inventors of the first birth control pill (the other was also a man) was John Rock, a Catholic gynecologist. He designed the classic 21 days on / 7 days off regimen so women would have withdrawal bleeding that mimics a period. He argued the pill used a woman’s own hormones to extend her natural infertile phase, essentially a scientific version of the Catholic Church approved rhythm method. Keeping the monthly bleed helped present it as not unduly interfering with nature, which he hoped would make the Catholic Church accept it.

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