Annette Ramirez de Arellano
Public health researcher and professor whose work on Puerto Rican health services informed investigations into contraceptive trials and policy history.
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Jan 22, 2025 • 27min
'A cage of ovulating females': The development and testing of the oral birth control pill
Suzanne Janad, a retired FDA historian who studied women's health history, and Annette Ramirez de Arellano, a public health professor focused on Puerto Rican health policy, discuss the development and testing of the oral birth control pill. They cover early scientific experiments, controversial trials in Puerto Rico, ethical failures and consent issues, dosing problems and side effects, and how policy and racism shaped the pill's history.
