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Pill’s golden anniversary hailed as testament to women’s rights

By: Sarah Walters | News reporter

Experts, advocates celebrate advances since 1960, still see need for more progress on birth control

Fifty years ago yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the birth control pill.
Health care experts and student advocates celebrate the monumental anniversary of an event they say gave women control over their bodies, but they recognize that…