The Development of "The Pill" and Fertility Control in 20th Century Mexico with Professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga

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In this episode we speak to Professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga, from Harvard University. Professor Soto Laveaga’s research interests encompass the intersection of science and culture and public health in Latin America, and scientific and medical exchange in the Global South. She is the author of Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects and the Making of the Pill. In this conversation, we discuss Mexico’s place at the centre of one of the most important breakthroughs in reproducti...