Forty-six years ago today, the United States Food And Drug Administration approved the use of Enovid-10, developed by Gregory Pincus and Dr. John Rock. It was the first medication so approved by the FDA that did not cure an illness or relieve pain. It was also the first drug to be called simply The Pill.

Said Clare Boothe Luce: Modern woman is at last free as a man is free to dispose of her own body.

Or at least until the Christianists take the freedom away.

Andrew Sullivan’s quote of the day is from Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who said:

I cannot imagine any development in human history, after the Fall, that has had a greater impact on human beings than the pill. It became almost an assured form of contraception, something humans had never encountered before in history. Prior to it, every time a couple had sex, there was a good chance of pregnancy.

Once that is removed, the entire horizon of the sexual act changes. I think there could be no question that the pill gave incredible license to everything from adultery and affairs to premarital sex and within marriage to a separation of the sex act and procreation …

Sullivan’s response: Access to contraception of all kinds is the next target of the Christianist right.

Are you ready for your bedroom cam?

My Soundtrack: The Diver by Gravenhurst on WOXY.

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