[Mrs. Don-o]

Hormonal contraception enhances risk of STD's (first articles I found) https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/ipsrh/2002/03/womens-susceptibility-some-stds-affected-hormonal-method-use

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High-dose oral contraceptives speed replication of AIDS virus

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/45/3/360/359561/The-Influence-of-Hormonal-Contraceptive-Use-on-HIV

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There's lots more. Google keywords, for instance

hormonal risk STDs

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That's clilical stuff. Plus, behaviorally, users of long-term contraceptives have many more partners and sexual encounters.

Bottom line: hormonal contraceptives have a multiplier effect on STDs

[NorthMountain]

Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.