Protected: Birth Control's Remarkable Story and Uncertain Future

Author:   Katherine Quimby
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9798881804695


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   22 January 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Protected: Birth Control's Remarkable Story and Uncertain Future


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Author:   Katherine Quimby
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9798881804695


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   22 January 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1. In the Beginning Chapter 2. Strange Bedfellows Chapter 3. It Takes Two Chapter 4. The Magic Pill Chapter 5. Shocking and Shameful Chapter 6. Protecting and Promoting Access Chapter 7. The Future is Now Chapter 8. Not Just for Pregnancy Prevention Chapter 9. #ThanksBirthControl Chapter 10. Now What?

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Protected is a fascinating dive into the world of contraception and its hidden influence on our lives and society. More importantly, it's a call to action for all of us who care about reproductive health and justice. Through incisive prose and deft storytelling, Quimby's Protected compels us to get wise about birth control's past so we can effectively fight for its future. -- Ina Park, MD * Author, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs * Protected tells the story of birth control in America, tracing how efforts to prevent pregnancy have been shaped by race, gender, and class. It is a compelling and necessary account of how reproductive care has been granted, denied, and politicized across American history. -- Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH * author of Well: What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Health *


Protected is a fascinating dive into the world of contraception and its hidden influence on our lives and society. More importantly, it's a call to action for all of us who care about reproductive health and justice. Through incisive prose and deft storytelling, Quimby's Protected compels us to get wise about birth control's past so we can effectively fight for its future. -- Ina Park, MD * Author, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs *


Protected is a fascinating dive into the world of contraception and its hidden influence on our lives and society. More importantly, it's a call to action for all of us who care about reproductive health and justice. Through incisive prose and deft storytelling, Quimby's Protected compels us to get wise about birth control's past so we can effectively fight for its future. -- Ina Park, MD * Author, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs * Protected tells the story of birth control in America, tracing how efforts to prevent pregnancy have been shaped by race, gender, and class. It is a compelling and necessary account of how reproductive care has been granted, denied, and politicized across American history. -- Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH * author of Well: What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Health * Birth control is many things. Glorified as the salvation for a planet overrun by rampant overpopulation. Demonized as immoral. Described as a boondoggle perpetrated on the bodies of innocent women. And called the most magnificent invention of all time --freeing humanity from the tyranny of reproduction. Thank you, Katie, for demystifying the many faces of modern contraception. -- Patty Cason, RN, MS, FNP-BC * Lead author, Contraceptive Technology *


Author Information

For more than a decade, Katherine Quimby has worked with reproductive health care agencies across the country at the federal, state, and local levels with the consistent mission of providing quality, person-centered reproductive health care. She has a Master of Public Health from Brown University. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two sons. This is her first book.

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