May 9, 1960: The FDA approves Enovid-10 or "The Pill"

Today’s Republican lawmakers are attacking women’s autonomy.

After 1960 - Bottle of Enovid 10 mg Oral Contraceptive. Wikimedia Commons.

A biochemist and a gynecologist in Massachusetts developed Enovid-10 after decades of research going back to the opening of the first birth control clinic in 1916. The effort was funded by Katharine McCormick, who was born into wealth. Before birth control, McCormick focused her r…