"Well, along with the birth control pills."

Take birth control pills, but you missed a pill.

In the 1960's the birth control pill caused an increase in sexual activity despite its role in decreasing female fertility.

"The new low-dose birth control pills are radically different from the pills of our mother's generation," she says.

The newest birth control pills suppress women's menstrual cycles.

EVER since its introduction in the 1960's, the birth control pill has been controversial, most recently because of several studies associating it with breast cancer.

No birth control pills or box of tampons.

Yet only slightly more than half of all birth control pills are subsidized by health plans, according to the Post .

She estimates that without it, her daughter's birth control pills, alone, would have cost $500 last year - more than they could afford.