As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told.
As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told.
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By Emma Goldberg
Ashley Hamrick’s doctor was trying to get to the bottom of something: Why, exactly, did Ms. Hamrick want to get off birth control? “Are you feeling any side effects?”
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