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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about health risks related to using the pills?

I'm happy to talk to my DD (and DS) about pregnancy prevention and STD prevention, and provide condoms, but I am a little leery about the side effects of the pill.

Is anyone else concerned about that?[/quote]

Oral contraceptive pills in the 2000s are not the pills of the 1960s.  They are extremely low dose and actually have been shown in multiple studies to have long-term health BENEFITS, including dramitically reduced rates of endometrial cancer and reduced rates of breast cancer and ovarian cancer.

The risk of cervical cancer was found to be slightly higher but probably related to more frequent and thorough screening of women on the pill, since they have to see a DR to get a Rx.  Although it may also be related to increased rates of HPV, no studies done yet to show that as a factor.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2202849

http://www.newsweek.com/birth-control-pills-may-reduce-endometrial-cancer-risk-359969

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