does anyone fear the fact that birth control pills is a class 1 carcinogen? i keep hearing how awful birth control pills are from the media and i was wondering if anyone is thinking of quitting or what are ways to reassure yourself?

i feel like my question was worded terribly ^

Birth control is a class 1 carcinogen, but so is alcohol, red meat, and sunlight, yet some people eat red meat every day. Just because it’s a class 1 carcinogen doesn’t mean that you have a high chance of getting cancer. Tell your doctor about you and your family’s history, but realistically you only need to worry about breast cancer from the pill if you’ve had it before or a parent has had it. You’re more likely to develop cancer from sunlight or alcohol than birth control. There’s a lot of fear mongering out there, and it’s mainly by people who aren’t properly educated on birth control or have had a bad experience. Birth control also reduces the risk of ovarian cancer and womb cancer. If you’re truly scared, you can see your doctor and they’ll asses the risk based on your personal health x

i feel like there’s a huge surge in anti-birth control sentiments and misinformation going around recently. any medication has a certain risk factor, but as long as you don’t have any other health risks that can interact with birth control there’s a very low chance that it’ll be unsafe for you

You’re being influenced by something that’s called scaremongering. There’s a lot of things that “could”, don’t let it influence your life. If things were drastically unsafe it would not pass health and safety checks nor would it be legally distributed at large quantities.

Another thing that people don't talk about is that yes birth control can increase your risk of certain cancers like breast cancer but it actually *decreases* your risk of other cancers such as endometrial cancer.

@Iridescent thank you so much for reassuring me !!!

@jorts22 i think so too - there is a looot of fearmongering and unfortunately, i’m an easily anxious person. thank you!

@Yi_eune thank you!!!

@aurielle that’s so true tbh. thank u!!