Historical Contraceptives and Abortifacients Cloth Face Mask

This reusable cloth face mask features a selection of plants that have been used for birth control (to both prevent pregnancy and to end it) on each side of the mug: Eastern Red Cedar, Canada Wild Ginger, Tansy, American Pennyroyal, Yarrow, and Milk Thistle. It has an inner pocket for a filter and an adjustable nose wire. Birth control, via contraceptives and abortifacients, is traditional across world cultures. For as long as pregnancy has been occurring, people have sought to prevent pregnancy and to prevent birth for a multitude of reasons. Until the rise of the Church, the matters of preventing pregnancy or ending it was not considered a moral one. Most birth control was herbal throughout human history. The plants referenced in this work are a small sample of herbal birth control methods historically used on the North American continent. European settlers would bring plants such as the milk thistle and tansy, which would join native plants such as Canada wild ginger and yarrow in