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    WaPo article about birth control

    @aaronthestudent This is an important perspective that I admittedly don’t have as someone who doesn’t use TikTok. I used to though (deleted it because I literally wouldn’t do my job if I had access to that infinite scroll), so I know the algorithm is powerful. It’s a terrible time, at least in...
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    WaPo article about birth control

    @phyllisgault Spot on about the discourse. I have epilepsy and my medication/treatment experiences have been wildly different than those I’ve had with birth control. I tried a number of different seizure meds before I settled on the combo I take now because my doctor was willing to help find...
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    WaPo article about birth control

    @intoyourhands111 Agreed. It’s the same argument anti-abortion activists made about mifepristone in the Supreme Court yesterday. I think downplaying the side effects just fuels the fire though because it gives an air of legitimacy to those people who claim the medical/political/whatever...
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    WaPo article about birth control

    @mc1983 I think you should definitely write a post about bc mis/disinformation and see if the mods will pin it. This is the type of place people come when they aren’t getting enough info/attention from their doctors and are already primed to receive bad advice.
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    WaPo article about birth control

    Editing my post to add this VERY important point that should not get lost in the noise: birth control is overwhelmingly safe and effective. It has empowered women/people with uteruses to chart their own futures and offered a level of agency over our lives that was previously unimaginable...
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