Informed consent is about knowing, and accepting, the risks. Not hiding the hazards.
Incidentally, Pincus et al. had originally looked at hormonal birth control for men. "It was rejected for men due to the number of side effects," says Grigg-Spall, "including testicle shrinking." It was believed women would tolerate side effects better than men, who demanded a better quality of life.
Highlighting mine - I can't even.
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-racist-and-sexist-history-of-keeping-birth-control-side-effects-secret
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I was always informed of the risks..But don't you agree that getting pregnant at 16 and having a baby/abortion is a bigger risk?
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I was but it wouldn't have mattered. I would have gone on the pill.
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