Dr. Jen Gunter

And that obviously can lead to people, you know, people should be upset about that.

And people can also come in and they can have a nuanced discussion about all the different options and choose the one that's best for them.

And we do know that there is right-wing funding behind a lot of this sort of anti-birth control agenda online.

And there would be a reason why you see

one kind of comment enhanced and another, you know, you don't hear from the people who are like the pill saved my life.

What are you talking about?

And both of these things can be true.

People can not like it and they can feel it's been incredibly beneficial for them.

As for harm, apart from, you know, the risk of being a thromboembolism, which is obviously still much less than the risk of being pregnant or the risk of postpartum when it's incredibly high, I would say, you know, what specific harm are you talking about?

And what often people say, well it changes your brain.

Well, everything changes your brain.

Pregnancy changes your brain.

Postpartum depression changes your brain.

Me coming to New York today probably changed my brain.

And so what does that actually mean?

And so we see a lot of cherry picking about that.

And so it's just, it's difficult because if you want to have a new, the internet doesn't favor nuance.

If you want to talk about, you know, the net, you know, the net benefits.

I mean, if you look at the economic gains that women have had since, you know, since the pill came out, they've been massive.

But we also have other forms of contraception now too, and shouldn't people have choices?