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The Birth Control Trials and Dr Helen Rodriguez Trias

The Birth Control Trials and Dr Helen Rodriguez Trias

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 The birth control pill revolutionized women’s independence in the US and so many places, but came at the cost of Puerto Rican women, who were experimented on without consent in the birth control trials of the 1950’s. One third of the island’s women were sterilized during these trials. And one woman stood out in the fight against this injustice, she was Dr Helen Rodriguez TriasIf you have topic suggestions, feel free to email Historiasunknownpodcast@gmail.com or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcastBy joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity.This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA county, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagramFollow on social media:Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknownSubstack: https://substack.com/@historiasunknownHistorias Unknown is on YouTube now! https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bgSourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Tr%C3%ADashttps://massivesci.com/articles/helen-rodriguez-trias-science-heroes/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1447119/https://web.archive.org/web/20031016140115/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_273.htmlhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1122157/https://archive.ph/qzv60https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/9/28/the-bitter-pill/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-puerto-rico-pill-trials/https://medium.com/the-lily/how-puerto-rican-women-were-used-to-test-the-birth-control-pill-7453a3b6ab73 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/gregory-pincus-1903-1967/ https://womanisrational.uchicago.edu/2022/09/21/margaret-sanger-the-duality-of-a-ambitious-feminist-and-racist-eugenicist/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-dr-john-rock-1890-1984/ https://remezcla.com/culture/birth-control-testing-puerto-rico/ https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/05/24/oral-contraceptives-history-puerto-rico-testing-massachusetts-ethics https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/10/10029088/puerto-rico-sterilization-abortion-reproductive-rights-historyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.
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