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| Women who use the birth control pill face increased risk of depression: Study |
| 2023-06-16 |
| [BLAZE] The Food and Drug Administration approved America's first commercially produced contraceptive pill in 1960. Although Planned Parenthood's eugenicist founder Margaret Sanger touted it as a "magic pill," in the intervening 63 years, it has afflicted women with a multitude of side effects. A new study published Monday in the peer-reviewed scientific journal "Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences" revealed that the so-called magic pill threatens women with an increased lifetime risk of depression. Women who began using the pill as teenagers were found to have had a 130% higher rate of depressive symptoms compared to so-called never-users. Women who began taking oral contraceptives as adults suffered a 92% higher rate of depressive symptoms than their pill-free peers. This adverse effect can prove to be fatal, especially among teens. A 2020 study published in the journal "Psychological Medicine" indicated that young women using oral contraceptives may be at increased risk of suicidal behavior. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Wondering if VP Kaaaamala can draw us a Venn depicting this info and Moms at Drag Queen Story Hour. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2023-06-16 21:06 |
| #4 Calling the pill a "medicine" is silly. It causes that which is healthy to become unhealthy. |
| Posted by: Wholuck Pelosi3039 2023-06-16 12:13 |
| #3 The pill is not only prescribed for birth control. It is given to women for acne, ovarian cysts and irregular or heavy periods. The goal seems to be to get all women taking the pill. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-06-16 12:12 |
| #2 ...or by the time they hit their 30s the 'good men' are already taken and the few remaining aren't interested in those with high body counts. Enjoy the cats. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-06-16 07:27 |
| #1 No investigation on whether the lifestyle it allows of hookups, one-night stands, and meaningless sex without love has any influence on their depression too? Naaaaah |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-06-16 07:17 |