The contraceptive pill: blessing or curse?
Oral contraceptives (OCs) have been in women’s lives since the 60s, when the first generation of hormonal methods to prevent pregnancies were released. Since then, the “pill” provided women with an immense control over their own bodies, reproductive choices, and lives, as they could avoid getting pregnant when they weren’t ready or didn’t want to. According to a United Nations report in 2019, oral contraceptives are one of the most popular choices for women of reproductive ag