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After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many pregnant people living in states where abortion is now illegal are expected to turn to the medication abortion.
Research shows that maternal mortality rates in the U.S. increased 33% after the beginning of the pandemic.
Mortality rates during pregnancy nearly doubled in Hispanic women since March 2020.
Use is widespread: 12 million women are currently on the pill, and 80% of women have used it at some point in their life.
In The Business of Birth Control, a documentary available digitally and in theaters this week, the filmmakers argue that while hormonal birth control was considered a huge step toward women’s reproductive freedom when doctors began prescribing it 60 years ago, it also isn’t without its share of risks, which may be why more and more women are seeking holistic and ecological alternatives to the pill.