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There's a recent hormonal birth control is just called the pill. Like other mononym celebrities, Prince and Oprah and Elvis, the arrival of oral contraceptives

seemed to change the culture in ways that couldn't be changed back.

The first generation of women who had

access to the pill rejoiced at the new freedom it offered. But now they're granddaughters who have

never known a world without this technology. They're not so sure the benefits outweigh the side

effects. From KERA in Dallas, this is think. I'm Chris Boyd. As a features writer for the New York Times, it is Emma

Goldberg's job to report on cultural, societal, and economic change. Recently, she's noticed a

pretty stunning shift in the way young adult women in the U.S. are talking about their

contraceptive options. Influencers are helping drive this discussion, and it turns out there

are critics of

hormonal birth control from nearly every position along the political spectrum.

Emma Goldberg's article about this is titled Who Am I Without Birth Control?

Emma, welcome back to think.

Thank you so much for having me on.

You start by writing about Ashley Hamrick. So she was 26.

She goes to her doctor wanting to get off birth control.

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