On May 11, 1960, the United States authorized the marketing of Enovid, the first contraceptive pill in history. In December 1967, the Neuwirth law authorized the sale of pills in French pharmacies. Decades later, some women are turning away, concerned about the undesirable effects of this pharmaceutical preparation. American and Indian researchers work relentlessly to develop a male contraceptive. But patriarchal attitudes got the better of the first clinical trials on male contraception.