CDC Cuts Birth Control Guidelines

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HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk

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A small team of people at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued birth control guidelines for women with heart disease, lupus, sickle cell disease, and obesity.

They were fired as part of the Trump administration's rapid downsizing of the federal workforce.

"We really were the only source of safety monitoring in this country," one fired CDC staffer said.

CDC updates the guidelines comprehensively roughly every five years .

Most women of reproductive age in the U.S. use contraception.

The latest guidelines included updated safety recommendations for women who have sickle cell disease, lupus, and PPCM , among others.

HHS spokesperson Emily Hilliard declined to say why CDC personnel working on contraception guidelines were fired.

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