§ 24. Kali MountfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice his Department plans to issue to young women about the long-term health effects of the contraceptive pill. [81832]
§ Ms JowellInformation on the risks and benefits of the Pill are given in the information provided to doctors and patients by pharmaceutical companies, the Family Planning Association and the Contraceptive Education Service. Millions of women around the world use oral contraception and there is abundant evidence that taking the Pill appropriately poses less risk to healthy women than pregnancy itself.