Conceived to help women control their fertility, the birth control pill was a touchstone for sexual liberation in the 1960s and is now used by millions around the globe. This fascinating documentary, which chronicles little known chapters in the history of the oral contraceptive that changed the world, examines how far the pharmaceutical industry was willing to risk women's health to launch its magic bullet. For its inquiry, the film draws on archival and period footage, interviews with women from Puerto Rico who became unsuspecting test subjects for the early Pill, insights from women's health activists who publicly questioned the high-dose version's safety, and testimony from scientists prominent in the drug's development. Also featured are Gloria Steinem and journalist Barbara Seaman, whose 1969 book, The Doctors' Case Against the Pill, became a cause célèbre in the campaign for informed consent. An impressively researched story of how the Pill came to be, the film speaks directly to issues of patient's rights, medical ethics, and women's health care that still resonate today.