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[–]jet199 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The trouble is no contraception is 100% effective. Many abortions happen because other contraceptives fail. I mean the pill is only 99% effective which means it fails 1% of the time. When you think about all the millions of people having sex that's a lot of pregnancies.

[–]GConly 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

One percent fail rate per year, if used 100% correctly.

If you depend of the pill your whole adult life, there's a very good chance you'll get pregnant.

[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I'll also add that the pill hasn't even existed for the duration of a human life. The pill has effects on the body that won't be understood for hundreds of years--possibly even birth defects. There are already cases where women who stop the pill after a decade are unable to become pregnant.

[–]GConly 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Having said that: I have PCOS, being on the pill stopped me developing ovarian cysts and kept me fertile.