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The plight of nuns: hazards of nulliparity
  1. Lucy Whitaker
  1. Specialty Trainee in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South East of Scotland rotation, Edinburgh, UK

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This comment,1 published in The Lancet, has evoked a plethora of response in the popular press and revisits the contentious issue of the Catholic Church and the combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP). It focuses on the increased risks of breast, ovarian and uterine cancers in Catholic nuns, the …

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