TV News Stories About Birth Control Quote Politicians and Priests More Often Than Medical Experts
Ninety-nine percent of reproductive-age US women who have had sex have used contraception at some point in their lives. And thanks to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, more people have access to contraception than ever before.
As OB-GYNs, we help patients choose the contraceptive method that best suits them and explain how they work, their failure rates and potential side effects.
But we also know that patients (and the public) get a lot of information about health and medicine from the media in general, and TV in particular. How the media frame stories and whom they choose as sources might influence how people view an issue.
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