contraceptive pill

基本解釋

The poll, carried out by Opinion Health for drug manufacturer Bayer Schering Pharma, also found a number of misunderstandings about the contraceptive pill.
這項由「健康意見」研究機構(gòu)為藥廠「拜耳先靈西藥部」進(jìn)行的民調(diào)也發(fā)現(xiàn)一些關(guān)于避孕藥的誤解。
The original female birth control pill was developed as a fertility treatment, but when it failed, researchers realized they had a potentially effective contraceptive on their hands.
女性避孕藥最初用來治療不育，但失敗之后，研究人員卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他們擁有了一種有潛在避孕效果的藥。
The pill was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a contraceptive in 1961, but until a 1965 Supreme Court ruling, only married woman in some states could obtain it.
1961年，口服避孕藥首次被美國食品藥品監(jiān)督管理局承認(rèn)。 1965年，聯(lián)邦最高法院出臺了一項裁定，使口服避孕藥只能被部分州的已婚婦女所有的現(xiàn)實成為歷史。

Today,12 million American women take the Pill, making it the leading contraceptive in the United States.

Which brings us to: well, it is women taking the contraceptive pill who are causing this pollution.
FORBES: Women on Contraceptive Pill Should Pay $1,500 a Year More Tax
The contraceptive pill, available in America for nearly 40 years, is banned in Japan, although the ban may be lifted soon.
ECONOMIST: Mumeo Oku
The levels of estradiol from the patch are about 60 percent higher than in women taking the typical oral contraceptive pill, she says.
NPR: FDA Orders Label For Contraceptive Patch