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29 Apr 06:00am

Filed under: Contraception, The Pill, Womens Health

For women of my mother’s generation, the contraceptive pill represented freedom, protection, liberation and ultimately, the ability to decide what direction you wanted your life to take.

Picture: AP.

But on the eve of is 50th anniversary, I’m not convinced that you’ll find many women over the age of 25, who would be prepared to see the tiny little pill in the same way.

Because for a variety of different reasons, the pill has stopped making lots of women feel particularly good.

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DLE says:

11:06pm | 28/09/10

I’m the rare 52 year old woman who has never taken the Pill. I’ve also never had an unplanned pregnancy or a single gyn problem. I was a late starter and at 23 was ready to look for contraception. Dr’s were very happy to put women on the Pill with… Read more »
Lucy Kippist says:

11:27am | 03/05/10

Thanks for the recommendation Angela and here is the link to your article: http://bit.ly/aXo83Y Read more »

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