04/03/2026
Birth control to IVF pipeline. It might not end in IVF for some, but it commonly ends in fertility meds, infertility, and more.
Birth control hurts more than it helps.
One study followed over 1 million women and found that hormonal contraception use was associated with subsequent antidepressant use and a first diagnosis of depression, with the strongest associations in adolescents. 
A Swedish nationwide study by Zettermark et al. looked at about 800,000 women and found that hormonal contraception was associated with first use of psychotropic drugs.
PCOS is also associated with birth control use. Hypothyroidism is strongly linked to endometriosis... and birth control directly impacts risk of hypothyroidism. I could go on and on.
Get off the pipeline.