[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. |