Do You Have All the Facts About Oral Contraceptive and Breast Cancer?

Oral contraception is one of the most widely used form of birth control worldwide. In fact, an article published a little over 20 years ago in the popular magazine The Economist called the pill one of the inventions “that defined the 20th century.” Approximately 15% of American women ages 15 to 44 use some form of pharmaceutical-based contraceptive.

There is no doubt that oral contraceptives are convenient to use and can help prevent pregnancy. But according to the World Health Organization, they are also a known carcinogen that have been linked to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4135458/" target="_blank" …read more