Are Birth Control Pills 1000 Times More Likely To Cause Blood Clots Than The J&J Vaccine? Administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was halted on April 13 2021, leading to a 'perfect storm' of medical disinformation.
Does a Proposed Ohio Bill Make the Pill and IUDs Illegal? In May 2019, a number of posts about “heartbeat bills” in various American states circulated on social media. For example, a rumor about Georgia (archived here) subsequently appeared that proposed legislation would purportedly ban birth control pills and IUDs. One popular Facebook post about a provision of yet another bill, this time in Ohio, featured a […]
Did Free Birth Control in Colorado Drop Unplanned Pregnancies by 40 Percent? On March 31 2019, a Facebook user shared a meme (archived here) about the purported effects of “free birth control” in the state of Colorado: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.michigan/posts/2405015432842699 Across an image of mountain scenery, the meme (watermarked by The Other 98%) read: COLORADO HAS OFFERED FREE BIRTH CONTROL FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS AND HAS SEEN: * […]
