Why the pill was NOT invented to give women freedom

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This tiny pill was a revolution, promising the end of unwanted pregnancies. It introduced an era of family planning and sexual freedom. But were women really liberated by it? Today, women on every continent use the contraceptive pill. We’ll show you the dark side of the pill – and we're not talking about the health risks. When it comes to the origins of the birth control pill, that leads to Germany and also to the Auschwitz concentration camp. And in the United States it led to dubious mass testing on women in Puerto Rico. If you look at the dark history of its development and its spread worldwide, it becomes clear that it was never about women's self-determination or freedom.
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Report: Andrea Kasiske
Editing: Manuela Reuss
English Version: Tanya Ott, Adrian Kennedy
Commissioning Editor: Matthias Frickel
Producer: Oliver Glasenapp, Susanne Lenz-Gleißner

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00:00 Introduction
00:51 Title: Why the pill was NOT invented to give women freedom
01:11 Dark Origins of Birth Control Under the Nazis
02:24 US Pioneers of "the Pill" and Puerto Rico
05:42 The Pill: Freedom for Women?
07:21 Birth Control Pill Around the World