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ALTHOUGH the use of the contraceptive pill carries a slight risk, it is generally felt that the harmful side effects are outweighed by the benefit of avoiding unwanted pregnancies. Following the thalidomide tragedy, there is a wider appreciation of the risk of substances taken during pregnancy injuring the foetus. As we now have a direct method of studying the action of drugs on the foetal heart1, we felt that it was advisable to see whether a pregnant woman who started taking the pill would jeopardize her foetus.
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HASSAN, M., LONGMORE, D. Effects of Contraceptive Pill Constituents on Foetal Mouse Hearts. Nature 244, 349–351 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244349b0
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