Let’s ask some Catholics is a certain age about the efficacy of the “rhythm method”.

Lots of my classmates were from families with six kids.

But I heartily believe that ALL birth control methods should be available to ALL women since birth control is not a “one size fits all” type of thing.

Let us talk to our doctors and make our own choices. Politicians keep your noses out.

This is just one more piece of the campaign to take away women’s independence and economic opportunities. Keep them pregnant and taking care of babies and they will not have time to get an education or hold anything but a low-paying job in later years. Republicans also want to ban no-fault divorce to force women to stay in bad marriages where the husband can control every aspect of their lives.

tell me I wouldn't get pregnant during the six months he insisted I take a break from the Pill. I was pregnant within 5 weeks.

it resulted in only 10 pregnancies. I wonder how many there would have been without it?

First they generate a lot of misinformation and spread it on social media. Then it becomes RW talking points. Then it becomes legislation.

those side effects. Please don’t discount this as misinformation. I ended up infertile because I had Hashimoto’s which was discovered until I was 50. Thyroid disease can also cause infertility.

He is a man and did not take birth control pills. I also have an auto-immune disorder and did not take birth control pills.

Let me know if you have any medical research showing a link, I would appreciate it! I just did a search at pubmed and could not find anything, very possible I didn't use the right search terms.

my auto-immune disorder. But it contributed to masking the problem I was born with, Hashimoto's because the symptoms are so similar. I'm sorry I didn't word it properly. And these problems I had could have been avoided if doctors LISTENED to their patients and looked outside of the box of what the problem was. I had poly cystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis too. What I meant was that the side effects of birth control pills masked the actual issue of Hashimoto's and endometriosis that I really had. I eventually stopped taking the pills because of the side effects which only made my condition worse and subsequently made me infertile.

when you write:

‘And these problems I had could have been avoided if doctors LISTENED to their patients and looked outside of the box of what the problem was.’

This seem to be a common story for people who have auto-immune disorders.

I need blood work done more than once a year and I have a doctor now that listens to me. Managing this body takes effort because the least bit of stress can send me into orbit. Thanks for understanding.

Significant side effects from hormonal birth control are real, and not rare.

The most effective propaganda has an element of truth.