Once the most popular female-controlled, over-the-counter form of birth control, the sponge was used by 6.4 million women between 1983 and 1995. It was discontinued when the original manufacturers ...

The birth control sponge is 86% effective if you have never given birth and 73% if you have. It is filled with spermicide, which is a compound that kills or immobilizes sperm. To use it ...

Common ingredients in these "female preparations" were the herbs ... Despite federal and state anti-birth control laws, "rubbers" were enormously popular and sales were brisk.

Birth control is also known as contraception ... It is used only once. Female condom − A lu­bricated thin pouch that is placed into the vagina before sex. It may be only used once.

For feminists, the sexual revolution was about female sexual empowerment ... Since women on the Pill could control their fertility, single and married women could have sex anytime, anyplace ...