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Prescribing Reproductive Rights: Pills and the Politics of Family Planning, 1960 - 2024

Join the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing for a seminar that explores the history of fertility control drugs relating to questions of side effects, prescription status, patient education, and access, with Kelly O’Donnell, PhD.  

This public seminar will be in a hybrid format. RSVP is required to attend in-person or to receive a link for virtual attendance.

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April 10, 2024, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
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Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons (Main Level) and Online
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Hosted by: Bates Center

Portrait of Kelly S. O’Donnell

About the Seminar

Abstract: The birth control pill, the morning after pill, mifepristone—pharmaceuticals have been at the center of debates over reproductive rights since the 1960s. This talk will explore episodes in the history of fertility control drugs relating to questions of side effects, prescription status, patient education, and access.

Speaker: Kelly O’Donnell, PhD, Bryn Mawr College

Learn more about Dr. O'Donnell and her talk

For accessibility and accommodation requests please contact Elisa Stroh at nhistory@nursing.upenn.edu or (215) 898-4502 before March 25, 2024.

This seminar is co-sponsored by Penn Nursing’s Center for Global Women’s Health, the Department of History, and the program in Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies.

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