levels ever since. This climb coincides exactly with the time in which hormonal contraception gained widespread acceptance in American society. Distinguished economist Robert T. Michael has carefully examined the reasons for the sudden rise and leveling-off of the divorce rate. He argues that the contraceptive revolution began to impact America most substantially in 1968 and that, by the late 1970s, the country reached a saturation point: the percentage of people who were likely to use birth control