Sweetening the Pill: or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control - 3022

The book that inspired the documentary The Business of Birth Control, from filmmaking team Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein. -- Millions of healthy women take a powerful medication everyday from their mid-teens to menopause - the Pill - but few know how this drug works or the potential side effects. Contrary to cultural myth, the birth-control pill impacts on every organ and function of the body, and yet most women do not even think of it as a drug. Depression, anxiety, paranoia, rage, panic attacks - just a few of the effects of the Pill on half of the over 80% of women who pop these tablets during their lifetimes. When the Pill was released, it was thought that women would not submit to taking a medication each day when they were not sick. Now thePill is making women sick. However, there are a growing number of women looking for non-hormonal alternatives for preventing pregnancy. In a bid to spark the backlash against hormonal contraceptives, this book asks: Why can't we criticize the Pill?
ASIN: 1780996071
VSKU: BVV.1780996071.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Holly Grigg-Spall
Binding: Paperback