What I believe happened is that they were led around and told what to do and did it. That did result in fewer pregnancies but in the real world and real life you don’t have someone leading you by the nose. There have been free birth control methods since they were invented, there are free condoms everywhere and it didn’t change anything but when the Nanny state leads you around by the nose to effect a change.
So for this study to be replicated in the real world each person who is of reproductive age would need their own medical person who made sure they did all the things they were supposed to to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
I don’t know how many people I’ve known who already had the birth control and forgot to use it or used it incorrectly and got pregnant and even those who used it correctly and the birth control failed.
A while back they had that Yaz birth control and they advertised it 24/7, now the law firms are telling people who used it that they can sue 24/7. Sure sounds like it wasn’t too safe and effective to me.
but when the Nanny state leads you around by the nose to effect a change...
they make sure they get the results they were aiming for. I wonder how many dropped out and weren’t followed or counted?