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It could be--7.5 million prescriptions for third-generation oral contraceptives were filled last year in the U.S. alone!

Chances are, if you're taking one of these drugs, you weren't told very much about it. But these third generation birth control pills contain a synthetic progestin called desogestrel, which doubles the risk of life-threatening blood clots compared to birth control pills that do not contain this ingredient.

So why would doctors choose to prescribe something that's twice as likely to hurt you when there are other, safer alternatives available? And why does the Food and Drug Administration continue to ignore evidence that these drugs hurt women?

Support Public Citizen's petition to the FDA. Demand that the FDA ban third-generation oral contraceptives!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/754425970?z00m=9419874&z00m=9419874&ltl=1174608731