#168 | The Business of Birth Control with Abby Epstein: The Importance of Safety, Autonomy and Informed Consent

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

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4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The Business of Birth Control is a new documentary directed by Abby Epstein and produced by Ricki Lake, who achieved international acclaim for their revolutionary 2008 film, "The Business of Being Born". Abby joins us today to discuss why she and Ricki made their new film, which boldly shines a light on some of the severe side effects that accompany hormonal birth control, including death -- and the fact that congress, and the pharmaceuticals who make the pill, have long known about these adv...

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0:00.0	My newest film, which I've done in conjunction with my producing partner, Ricky Lake,
0:08.0	is the business of birth control.
0:10.0	The pharmaceutical companies aren't suddenly going to decide that, you know,
0:15.0	they want to have safer products or more non-hormonal alternatives or options for men.
0:20.0	It's not going to happen from the top down, right?
0:22.1	It's only going to happen.
0:23.5	The change is only going to happen from women understanding
0:28.6	how they haven't been served and pushing back.
0:34.2	You have over half of the women taking birth control going off of it because of side
0:39.5	effects. We're not demanding real equity in health care and research. And I think it's shifting now.
0:48.0	I really think it's shifting. Absolutely shifting. I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth
0:56.4	advocate, and postpartum support specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and
1:02.7	international board certified lactation consultant. And this is the down-to-birth podcast.
1:10.2	Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest
1:13.9	and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture? Let's dispel the myths and get down to
1:19.4	birth.
1:38.3	Hi, I'm Abby Epstein. I'm a documentary film director, and I directed the documentary The Business of Being Born, which came out in 2008.
1:48.4	And I've done a bunch of films since then, including a film called Weed the People that's on Netflix about medical cannabis.
1:57.5	And my newest film, which I've done in conjunction with my producing partner, Ricky Lake, is the business of birth control.
2:04.4	So I'm here today to talk to everybody a little bit about birth control and hormones and this film.
2:06.4	And why birth control is a problem that people don't know they're experiencing, right?
2:14.4	Exactly.
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