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Posted on: 2022-04-24
Social media posts inaccurately link hormonal contraceptives with polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility, and depression

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Hormonal birth control is associated with “PCOS [polycystic ovarian syndrome], hormonal imbalances, depression, and infertility”

Source: Reallygraceful, Anonymous, 2021-11-11
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- Health
Posted on: 2022-04-24
Social media posts inaccurately link hormonal contraceptives with polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility, and depression

Claim:

Hormonal birth control is associated with “PCOS [polycystic ovarian syndrome], hormonal imbalances, depression, and infertility”

Source: Reallygraceful, Anonymous, 2021-11-11
Mostly accurate
- Health
Posted on: 2021-04-20
Oral contraceptives have a bigger risk factor for blood clot formation than the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines

Claim:

“Birth control has a far greater risk of blood clots than any Covid-19 vaccine so far”

Source: Vice News, Carter Sherman, 2021-04-13
Misleading
- Health
Posted on: 2019-07-23
Oral contraceptives associated with increased relative risk of blood clots but not a significantly increased absolute risk, generally safe to use

Claim:

Women are not warned about the risk of blood clots with their daily steroidal hormone pill

Source: LifeSite News, Anonymous, 2015-05-07

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Birth control

Social media posts inaccurately link hormonal contraceptives with polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility, and depression

Social media posts inaccurately link hormonal contraceptives with polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility, and depression

Oral contraceptives have a bigger risk factor for blood clot formation than the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines

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