Physicians say they’re seeing an explosion of birth-control misinformation online targeting a vulnerable demographic: people in their teens and early 20s who are more likely to believe what they see on their phones because of algorithms that feed them a stream of videos reinforcing messages often divorced from scientific evidence. While doctors say hormonal contraception — which includes birth-control pills and intrauterine devices (IUDs) — is safe and effective, they worry the profession’s long-standing lack of transparency about some of the serious but rare side effects has left many patients seeking information from unqualified online communities.
Can you imagine being one production error or briefly misplaced fingernail away from ruining your life? Condoms are reasonably safe, but as your only form of birth control and with no access to abortion, i just wouldn’t risk it. Would be 100% no piv for me.
And condoms suck, so there’s a huge temptation for men to remove them for better feel.
Birth control of all forms should be widely available and people should choose what’s best for them.
agreed