They are things like bad headaches, depression, decreased interest in sex, decreased ability to have orgasms, and those are very real.

The blood clots, the pulmonary emboli to the lung, blood clots to the lung, heart attacks and deaths related to oral contraceptives are remarkably decreased now.

They're not effective enough for that, so you don't want to do that,

The pills today are really different. And when we say pills are safer today, we're not just whistling Dixie. They really are much lower dose and we know who to give them to and who not to give them to.

I think it's very good news, ... The number one question women have asked about (birth control pills) since 1960 is do they cause cancer. This study shows there is no long-term risk.

From a job point of view, it was a very good thing that they saved the base.