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The prescription of the contraceptive pill began in Brazil in 1962. This practice brought political and social changes to the country: the pill becomes highly accepting of women and remains the contraceptive method most used by them until nowadays. The pill’ use has influenced the fall in fertility rate and, based on a series of other factors, is a set of transformations that modifies the formulation of public policies regarding reproductive health and female sexual health. Goal: To understand how the prescription of the contraceptive pill happened in Brazil, carried by gynecologists at the time when it begins to be used in the country. Methodology: This is a qualitative research, having as empirical material the narratives of six gynecologists who worked in the 1960s, at São Paulo state. Results and Discussion: From the interviews, four thematic axes of analysis were identified, which included the description of the first contact of the doctors with the pill, followed by different ways of using the contraceptive pill as a new technology. Also, were identified the relationship between medical prescription and the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the use of the contraceptive pill and the construction of the medical discourse about the female body. These findings were analyzed in light of the studies on medicalization of the female body, and how the contraceptive pill prescription was included in the medical clinic from the 1960s. Final Considerations: The use of the contraceptive pill was presented as a new technology for the control of Reproduction and of female bodies. Understanding the history of pill prescription is to take into account the multiple agents, interests, and practices that are still inscribed on women's bodies.

A prescrição da pílula anticoncepcional na década de 1960: a perspectiva de médicos ginecologistas