Protected

Comprehensive and accessible, this effectively demonstrates birth control’s vital role in the U.S. Readers will be educated and energized. * Publishers Weekly *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 *

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.