Is social media influencing young people to move away from the pill?

The article examines the drop in the number of people using the contraceptive pill and discusses which contraception options they’re turning to instead. This includes intra uterine devices (IUDs) and the contraceptive implant.

As Beth notes, at Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, we’ve also noticed a bit of a shift away from hormonal contraceptives. More research needs to be done, but we believe young people are being influenced by social media – where there’s a trend of people promoting fertility awareness as a means of contraception, and questioning the safety of contraception. It goes without saying we’d prefer they got their information from people who’ve been to medical school! 

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