TikTok has become a hotbed of birth control misinformation, with videos accumulating millions of views in which women blame their IUDs for pelvic floor dysfunction, autoimmune conditions, liver failure, and other conditions. In one video, the text reads: “I cannot believe my 'for you' page today. Every video is of a girl getting autoimmune/cancer from her IUD. Why did we pop birth control like candy because doctors told us to?”
Virtually all American women have used some form of birth control at some point in their lives, most commonly female sterilization, oral contraceptive pills, and long-acting reversible contraceptives like intrauterine devices (IUDs). These forms of birth control each carry risks, but doctors say they are sometimes taken out of context on social media. In some cases, users have falsely said that birth control can lead to infertility or cause abortions.
