birth control• Have you discussedbirth control with your daughter?• Many feminists were also interested in birth control as an issue although discretiondictated a public silence.• They include birth control pills, other ovulation suppressors and long-acting hormones.• Today's methods of birth control make it possible for a couple to choose whether or not to have a child.• During the inter-war period birth control was discussed more openly than ever before.• Average age at last birth is about 40 years in populations not practisingbirth control.• Meanwhile, the birth controlmovement was becoming more respectable.• There are, moreover, other barriers to using birth control.