No more periods? Oral contraception and menstrual suppression

Jessica S. Gunson

No more periods? Oral contraception and menstrual suppression

Jessica S. Gunson

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Abstract

Oral contraception, or ‘The Pill’, is widely used by women to control how often they have a period. In many countries using oral contraception in this way has remained unofficial practice. However, in 2003 the first FDA approved Extended Cycle Oral Contraception (ECOC) was launched. This research briefing summarises the findings of a PhD project that looked at how biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, the news-media, and women themselves debated and talked about controlling periods through oral contraception.

Original language	English
Number of pages	2
Volume	49
Specialist publication	CRFR Briefing
Publisher	Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
Publication status	Published - Mar 2010
Externally published	Yes

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No more periods? Oral contraception and menstrual suppression

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