TY - JOUR

T1 - Verhütung als Mittel gegen Bevölkerungswachstum. Expertendiskussion und öffentliche Debatten in Westdeutschland in den 1960er Jahren

AU - Silies, Eva Maria

PY - 2010/9

Y1 - 2010/9

N2 - Theoretically, the introduction of the contraceptive pill in the 1960s created new possibilities to control population growth on a global scale. Several of those involved in developing the pill belonged to the transnational population control movement. In the Federal Republic, demographic and medical experts in the 1960s debated the advantages and dangers of the new contraceptive, and they argued about whether it could be of benefit in West Germany and/or in developing countries. The paper examines the contemporary debate about the pill and the role it was awarded in the effort to solve what was considered a global population problem.

AB - Theoretically, the introduction of the contraceptive pill in the 1960s created new possibilities to control population growth on a global scale. Several of those involved in developing the pill belonged to the transnational population control movement. In the Federal Republic, demographic and medical experts in the 1960s debated the advantages and dangers of the new contraceptive, and they argued about whether it could be of benefit in West Germany and/or in developing countries. The paper examines the contemporary debate about the pill and the role it was awarded in the effort to solve what was considered a global population problem.

KW - Birth control

KW - Contraception

KW - Family planning

KW - Pill

KW - Population growth

KW - Geschichtswissenschaft

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78149322608&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/bewi.201001472

DO - 10.1002/bewi.201001472

M3 - Zeitschriftenaufsätze

C2 - 21469390

AN - SCOPUS:78149322608

VL - 33

SP - 246

EP - 262

JO - Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte

JF - Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte

SN - 0170-6233

IS - 3

ER -