“The Right Number of Children”—Emko Birth Control in Puerto Rico and the US, 1962–1966
Journal of Family History: Studies in Family, Kinship, Gender, and Demography
Published online on December 04, 2025
Abstract
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The population control ideologue Joseph Sunnen distributed his spermicidal vaginal foam Emko, first in Puerto Rico and then surreptitiously to poor and working-class women in the United States through the mail and in concert with Planned Parenthood in ...
The population control ideologue Joseph Sunnen distributed his spermicidal vaginal foam Emko, first in Puerto Rico and then surreptitiously to poor and working-class women in the United States through the mail and in concert with Planned Parenthood in ...