Is the Pill popular?

If you’re thinking of going on the Pill, you’ll be joining a band of about 100 million women worldwide who use this method.

In the UK alone, as of 2007 there are 3.5 million women who take the Pill. This is roughly one in three of all females of reproductive age.

But the situation isn’t the same in all parts of the globe, and there are still one or two countries where the oral contraceptive is banned.

You see, the Pill has always been a bit controversial. Although it is now more than 50 years since it was first used (in Puerto Rico in 1956), there are still occasional ‘Pill scares’ – when newspaper headlines trumpet the dangers of Pill-taking.

However, the fact that it remains so staggeringly popular does indicate that for huge numbers of women, the slight risks are outweighed by the benefits.