Comment: The author comments on a flood of recent social media posts by conservative commentators describing hormonal birth control pills as "cancer causing," pointing out that the cancer risk information has been known for many years. The recent alarmists posts fail to mention that while the risk of some cancers is increased, the risk is decreased for others; a nuanced analysis has always been called for.
Category: This Week in Birth Control
How the ‘nocebo’ effect is putting women off the contraceptive pill
Comment: The Independent reports on a study done at Sheffield University in the UK examining the effect of social media misinformation on attitudes toward birth control pills.
Reproductive health clinics scramble as Title X funding cliff approaches
Comment: In what looks like deliberate obstruction (right out of the Project 2025 playbook), birth control access for low-income patients is in jeopardy. The Department of Health and Human Services delayed sending guidance and applications for renewal of Title X funding for more than two months after the usual December 31 deadline. Now applicants have … Continue reading Reproductive health clinics scramble as Title X funding cliff approaches
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