Of course the Pill is just fine. It’s just common sense that a massive dose of synthetic estrogen to purposely screw up the reproductive system from doing what it naturally does has only positive side effects! /sarc
One thing makes me absolutely sick about the medical profession, and that is that too many people in it will strongly suggest ALL kinds of lifestyle modification (stop smoking, exercise, change diet) on medical grounds but treat fornication and contraception as if it were some sacrosanct third rail.
Yeah, ovarian cancer whatever. The Pill has always been, is now, and will always be a disgusting example of the medical profession putting the idiocies of the culture over the needs of the patient. Take that to the bank.
What the female reproductive system “naturally does” is to get pregnant almost immediately upon reaching puberty, and produce a baby approximately every 18 months, killing a huge percentage of mothers (and full term babies) in the process. What we take for granted in these modern times — women routinely having healthy babies with only a tiny risk of death for themselves — is attributable to the efforts of the medical profession. The natural death rate from childbirth is about 1 per 100 births, multiplied by the number of births per woman to get a lifetime risk of death from childbirth of over 5%. Currently in the US, the actual death rate is about 1 in 10,000 births, while in places like sub-Saharan Africa and Afghanistan, it remains at the natural rate due to the near-complete absence of medical care. “Natural” doesn’t automatically translate into “safe” or “good”.