Health
It’s Time For A Holistic Approach To Birth Control
The word holistic, when applied to medicine, means taking the whole person into account – their lifestyle, their mental and emotional health, and the situational and social factors that impact them, rather than just their history of surgeries or a record of their family members with illnesses.
By Greta Waldon6 min read
If we took this approach to the way we use, prescribe, and think about birth control, we might see many more women eschewing a medically interventionist approach in favor of more natural, empowering methods that nurture intimacy and agency for both women and men.