The '''birth control pill''' (often just ''''the pill'''') is a method of [[contraception]] that sometimes induces an [[abortion]] by preventing a [[fertilization|fertilized]] [[ovum]] from [[implantation|implanting]] in the [[uterus|uterine lining]]. As a [[carcinogen]], is is considered capable of causing [[cancer]].
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The '''birth control pill''' (often just ''''the pill'''') is a method of [[contraception]] that sometimes induces an [[abortion]] by preventing a [[fertilization|fertilized]] [[ovum]] from [[implantation|implanting]] in the [[uterus|uterine lining]]. Since it contains [[estrogen]], a [[carcinogen]], is is considered capable of causing [[cancer]]. Studies into it's cause or prevention of cancer have proven contradictory.