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Fighting for the pill in Japan

Why Japanese women had to wait until 1999 to be allowed to take the pill, the Dutch 'Prince of scandal', and the flatulent fish that prompted a Cold War scare.

Why Japanese women had to wait until 1999 to be allowed to take the pill, the Dutch 'Prince of scandal', plus the flatulent fish that prompted a Cold War scare, the first helpline for children and the joy of being liberated from Nazi occupation on The Channel Islands.

(Photo: A collection of contraceptive pills. Getty Images)

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53 minutes

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Mon 18 May 2020 23:06GMT

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