The Birth of Birth Control

Savvy Vol. 3 No. 23, January26, 1998
On the cover: Anjanette Abayari

Here’s an interesting article – “The Birth of Birth Control: How They Do It in the Early Times” – that would probably tickle your fancy.

“Judah found a wife for his oldest son Er; her name was Tamar. But Judah’s eldest son Er was wicked in the LORD’s sight, and the LORD took away his life. Then Judah told Onan to sleep with his brother’s wife, to do his duty as the husband’s brother. But Onan knew that the offspring would not count as his; so whenever he lay with his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed on the ground so as not to raise up offspring for his brother. What he did was wicked in the LORD’s sight, and the LORD took away his life also.” – Genesis 38:6-10, The Revised English Bible.