After decades of attempts to develop new birth control medications for men, scientists are more hopeful than ever. With new abortion restrictions, demand is growing, experts say.

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    5 months ago

    Why do they always use the phrase “safe and effective”. Almost as if they are programming people by repeating the same phrase everywhere…

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      5 months ago

      There are things that are safe but not effective.

      There are things that are effective but not safe.

      There are things that are neither safe nor effective.

      For example: There was some drug to stop morning sickness (im lazy and not going to look up the drug’s name) that was really effective but absolutely turned out to not be safe as it caused all sorts of birth defects in the developing fetus.