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applegrove

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Thu Mar 21, 2024, 04:48 PM Mar 21

Women Ditching Birth Control Due to Misinformation

Women Ditching Birth Control Due to Misinformation

March 21, 2024 at 11:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 113 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/21/women-ditching-birth-control-due-to-misinformation/

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Washington Post: “Physicians say they’re seeing an explosion of birth-control misinformation online targeting a vulnerable demographic: people in their teens and early 20s who are more likely to believe what they see on their phones because of algorithms that feed them a stream of videos reinforcing messages often divorced from scientific evidence.”

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Brett Cooper, a media commentator for the conservative Daily Wire, argued in a viral TikTok clip that birth control can impact fertility, cause women to gain weight and even alter whom they are attracted to. It racked up over 219,000 “likes” before TikTok removed it following The Post’s inquiry.

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Applegrove:

Let me guess: birth control pills trick women's bodies into thinking they are pregnant so they are attracted to good providers rather than bad boys?

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Women Ditching Birth Control Due to Misinformation (Original Post) applegrove Mar 21 OP
Maybe the shithole's cult but not sane women.............................. Lovie777 Mar 21 #1
Because what we need are more idiots using less birth control. n/t flvegan Mar 21 #2
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