Most Say The Pill Improved Women's Lives
Posted by ashertrix , Sunday, May 9, 2010 12:15 AM
More than half the public -- including most women -- believes the birth control pill has been one of the most significant medical developments of the last half century, a new CBS News poll finds.
Most Americans say "the pill" has had an impact on American society and on women’s lives in particular, and credit it with helping women enter the work force.
The birth control pill was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1960. Today, 52 percent of Americans say it has been one of the most significant medical developments of the last 50 years, according to the poll, conducted on May 4th and 5th.
Four in five Americans think the birth control pill has had at least some effect on American society overall, including 41 percent who say it’s had a great deal of impact.
Even more, 54 percent, think the birth control pill has had a great deal of impact on women’s lives in particular.
Most Americans say women’s lives were changed for the better because of the birth control pill. Only a quarter think it made no difference, and even fewer say the pill made women’s lives worse.
Men (59 percent), women (54 percent), and women who have ever taken the pill (54 percent) say that women’s lives were improved as a result of the birth control pill.
More specifically, Americans think the birth control pill helped women enter the work force: 57 percent say the pill made it easier for women to have jobs and careers outside the home.
That number rises to 69 percent among Americans age 45 and over -- an age group more likely to have felt the impact of the pill when it was first developed and put on the market. Among women age 45 and older that figure is 64 percent.
By contrast, 53 percent of younger Americans say the birth control pill had no effect on the ability of women to work outside the home.
Among working women, 55 percent say the birth control poll has made it easier for women to enter the workforce
Men (59 percent), women (54 percent), and women who have ever taken the pill (54 percent) say that women’s lives were improved as a result of the birth control pill.
More specifically, Americans think the birth control pill helped women enter the work force: 57 percent say the pill made it easier for women to have jobs and careers outside the home.
That number rises to 69 percent among Americans age 45 and over -- an age group more likely to have felt the impact of the pill when it was first developed and put on the market. Among women age 45 and older that figure is 64 percent.
By contrast, 53 percent of younger Americans say the birth control pill had no effect on the ability of women to work outside the home.
Among working women, 55 percent say the birth control poll has made it easier for women to enter the workforce
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