title: Reproductive health policy affecting low-income women: historical precedents and current need for social work action.
abstract: This article provides an overview of the historical arguments surrounding reproductive health policy and current policy initiatives. Because reproductive policy itself is a vast subject matter with sometimes blurry boundaries, the struggle concerning the advent of birth control is used to illustrate the historic complexities of policy affecting such a wide array of individuals. The battle over introduction of the birth control pill is pertinent because the very same arguments are used today in debates over reproductive health policy.
authors.affiliation: a College of Education and Human Services, Northern Kentucky University , Highland Heights , Kentucky , USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Averitt Taylor
mesh_terms: D003267:Contraception; D034462:Dissent and Disputes / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011203:Poverty; D060728:Reproductive Health; D012947:Social Work