Ironically, contraception is a “very unsexy part of science,” says Alice Pelton, founder of The Lowdown, a review platform for contraception that’s run by women, for women. The field of women’s reproductive health is “badly underserved,” Pelton says, and receives just a fraction of the funding it deserves. Side effects of contraception are common, and quality medical advice is scant. Women are suffering as a result.
In March, on stage at WIRED Health, Pelton described how The Lowdown is a remedy. The key, she believes, is in equipping women with a bounty of information—both hard data and the personal accounts of others—to help them
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