HC Deb 04 May 1999 vol 330 c347W
24. Kali Mountford

To 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 Jowell

Information 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.

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