Article ID: CBB413039062

“Babies Needn’t Follow”: Birth Control and Abortion Policy and Activism at the University of Waterloo and Waterloo Lutheran University, 1965–74 (2020)

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Access to birth control and abortion was a contentious issue for university students throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Despite liberalized legislation regarding access to contraception and abortion, young, single women were often limited in their ability to access contraception. In response to this, university students initiated programs on campus in attempts to promote safe and accessible methods of contraception. This article examines birth control and abortion policy and activism at the University of Waterloo and Waterloo Lutheran University. Through an analysis of the student newspapers at both universities, this article illustrates the ways in which students lobbied their universities and initiated their own organizations to further women’s access to contraceptive services. A case study of these universities illuminates the different experiences of two schools within the same community and considers the impact that religion and university administration can have on student activism.

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Authors & Contributors
Demirci, Tuba
Felitti, Karina A.
Gawin, Magdalena
Hughes, Richard Lowry
Ignaciuk, Agata
Kelly, Laura
Journals
American Historical Review
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Social History of Medicine
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
History in Africa
Publishers
University of Kansas
Basic Books
Berghahn Books
Oxford University Press
University of North Carolina Press
Concepts
Birth control; contraception; sterilization
Abortion
Women and health
Oral contraceptives; birth control pills
Reproductive medicine
Science and politics
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century, late
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
Places
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Ireland
Ottoman Empire
China
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