Gregory Pincus

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Gregory Pincus - United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)

Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Pincus

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Gregory Goodwin Pincus Margaret Higgins Sanger Margaret Sanger Pincus Sanger			2 THE first clinical trials of the contraceptive pill were carried out in April 1956 in Puerto Rico and Haiti by American biologist Dr Gregory Pincus. 50 things you never knew about the Pill; ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. by The Mirror (London, England) For example, she mentions Gregory Pincus and his development of the Pill, but gives very little information on Pincus or any of the others involved in the battle. On the Pill: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970 by Bullough, Vern L. / The Journal of Sex Research 1950 - Biologist Dr Gregory Pincus was invited by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America to develop a contraceptive that would be "harmless, entirely reliable, simple, practical, and universally applicable". THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			gregariously gregariousness Grege Greggoe Gregor Mendel Gregorian Gregorian calendar Gregorian calendar month Gregorian chant Gregorian mode Gregorian modes Gregorian telescope Gregorian tone Gregorian year Gregorianist Gregory Gregory Goodwin Pincus Gregory I Gregory IX Gregory John Norman Gregory Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Tours Gregory Pincus Gregory the Great Gregory VII Gregory XII Gregory XIII Gregory XVI Gregory's powder greige Greillade greisen Greit Greith gremial gremlin Grenada Grenada dollar grenade grenade thrower Grenadian grenadier Grenadillo grenadine Grenadines Grenado Grendel Grene			Gregory IX Gregory John Norman Gregory mendel Gregory Nazianzen Gregory Nazianzen Gregory Nazianzen, Saint Gregory Nazianzus Gregory Nazianzus Gregory of Narek Gregory of Nazianus Gregory of Nazianus Gregory of Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Gregory of Saint Vincent Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours Grégory of Tours Grégory of Tours Gregory of Tours, Saint Gregory Orloff Gregory Orlov Gregory Palamas Gregory Pincas Gregory Pincus Gregory Sinaites Gregory Terrace Old Boys' Association Gregory the Great Gregory the Great Gregory the Illuminator Gregory the Illuminator, Saint Gregory the Theologian Gregory the Theologian Gregory Town Gregory VII Gregory VII Gregory VII, Saint Gregory VII, Saint Gregory W Parker Gregory W Parker Gregory W Parker Gregory X Gregory XI Gregory XII Gregory XII Gregory XIII Gregory XIII Gregory XVI Gregory XVI Gregory's powder Gregory, Augusta, Lady Gregory, bishop of Tours Gregory, bishop of Tours Gregory, Cynthia Gregory, Dick

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