Contraceptives (Oral)

They're Widely Used, But Not Well-Understood

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 4th, 1996

Birth control pills are the number one method of reversible sterilization in the United States, but many women still believe the pill is unsafe and don't know about its health benefits.

A survey, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in January 1996, found that only one quarter of reproductive aged women consider birth control pills 'very safe,' and 34 percent believed a woman's risk of ovarian cancer is increased by pill use, when, in fact, the pill reduces the lifetime risk.

The survey, a random telephone sample of 1,000 Americans aged 18 and older, was released at a press briefing January 31, 1996, in New York City, which was co-sponsored by...

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