--- description: This video was made to raise awareness of family planning title: Take a Look at History's Worst Contraceptives for Women image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt172b13d2e4635595/69875ffb428a9e6daccc475c/worst-contraceptives.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [sexuality](/tag/sexuality/) ## sexuality Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Take a Look at History's Worst Contraceptives for Women by [Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 10, 2014 4:59 PM CUT  Engender Health by [Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 10, 2014 4:59 PM CUT  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/10/10/take-look-historys-worst-contraceptives-women/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com/ "undefined")_._ While the pill has been around for over 50 years, it took quite a long time to come up with a fuss-free method of contraception. Before the pill’s creation, there were some really awful ways to prevent pregnancy, and non-profit organization [EngenderHealth](http://www.engenderhealth.org/index-main.php "undefined") has come up with a video to show us of all those methods. We’re talking crocodile dung mixed with honey, beaver testicles with moonshine, pig intestines, and even glass bottles. The video was made to raise awareness of family planning through EngenderHealth’s [WTFP?! initiative](http://www.engenderhealth.org/wtfp/index.php "undefined"), which aims to give a voice to the more than 220 million women around the world who don’t have access to contraception. (via [Design Taxi](http://designtaxi.com/news/369853/The-Worst-Contraceptives-Used-By-Women-Throughout-History/?interstital%5Fshown=1 "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3490547/history-worst-contraceptives-for-women/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3490547/history-worst-contraceptives-for-women/"},"headline":"Take a Look at History's Worst Contraceptives for Women","datePublished":"2014-10-10T16:59:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:28.700Z","description":"This video was made to raise awareness of family planning","url":"https://time.com/3490547/history-worst-contraceptives-for-women/","keywords":["sexuality","contraception","Birth Control"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt172b13d2e4635595/69875ffb428a9e6daccc475c/worst-contraceptives.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt172b13d2e4635595/69875ffb428a9e6daccc475c/worst-contraceptives.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Worst contraceptives","caption":"Worst contraceptives","creditText":"Engender Health","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/sexuality/","name":"sexuality"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3490547/history-worst-contraceptives-for-women/","name":"Take a Look at History's Worst Contraceptives for Women"}}]}] ```