the pill
Daily pregnancy prevention
The pill refers specifically to oral contraceptives—birth control medication taken daily by women to prevent pregnancy.
The definite article signals this particular meaning: She's been on the pill since college.
Without "the," pill is simply any small medicinal tablet.
- birth controlPreventing conception intentionally
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- roundCurved like circle
- sexual revolutionEra of changing mores
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
women's liberation · estrogen · progesterone · menstrual cycle · swallow · blister · fertility · going off · pop · capsule · menstruation · Margaret Sanger · foil · dose · menopause · hormone therapy · oral · prescription
- birth controloral contraceptives, NuvaRing, vaginal rings, hormone patches, Yasmin
- contraceptivescondom, Durex, diaphragm, birth control patch, Magnum
- family planningbirth control, contraception, fertility, pregnancy prevention, conception
- Reproductive Drugsgonadotropin, LH, hCG, progesterone, estrogen
- women's healthgynecologist, gynecology, menstruation, OB-GYN, period
- women's rightssuffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's rights, gender equality, feminism
the pillcondom
Contraceptive sheath worn internally
barrier method · diaphragm · cervical cap · IUD · natural family planning
the pillfertility drugs
Medications aiding reproduction
fertility treatment · IVF · prenatal vitamins · in vitro fertilization · assisted reproduction
the pillunprotected sex
Intercourse without contraception
family planning · letting nature take its course · abstinence
pill, pills, pillbox, contraceptive, pillboxes, birth control pill