Contraception and reproductive health is not a modern anomaly. This website shows practices of contraception and reproductive health from the medieval ages.
“Each time those women have sexual intercourse, those who wish not to be with child put a teaspoonful of the seeds, saved from the autumn harvest, in a glass of water and drink it.” (Riddle, 1992, p.325) To determine if this form of contraception worked, medieval physicians performed experiments with mice, and it was viewed as a promising substance to prevent preganancy.”
