![]() ![]() The doctor listened quietly and then said, "I took the pill for twenty years. I was seventeen when I popped the first pill. Yasmin was the third oral contraceptive I had taken in a decade. ![]() I had whirled through many levels of misery before realizing that my choice of contraception could be the cause. When I returned to the doctor who had prescribed me the birth control pill Yasmin three years earlier I told her that I had spent the time since slowly unraveling. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Įxcerpt © Reprinted by permission. In a bid to spark the backlash against hormonal contraceptives, this book asks: Why can't we criticize the Pill? However, there are a growing number of women looking for non-hormonal alternatives for preventing pregnancy. When the Pill was released, it was thought that women would not submit to taking a medication each day when they were not sick. Contrary to cultural myth, the birth-control pill impacts on every organ and function of the body, and yet most women do not even think of it as a drug.ĭepression, anxiety, paranoia, rage, panic attacks - just a few of the effects of the Pill on half of the over 80% of women who pop these tablets during their lifetimes. Millions of healthy women take a powerful medication everyday from their mid-teens to menopause - the Pill - but few know how this drug works or the potential side effects. The inspiration behind the forthcoming documentary - from the makers of The Business of Being Born Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein. ![]()
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