Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-tied TikTok censored multiple videos exposing the harmful side effects of hormonal contraceptives after pressure from the anti-free speech, leftist Washington Post. Why would mainstream media and social media not want women to know the risks of so-called “birth control”?
Democrats have become so committed to an anti-life, anti-child, anti-free speech agenda that they feel compelled to prevent any discussion or debate on any reproductive health-related issue. The latest example is the Washington Post successfully pushing TikTok, an app with deep CCP ties, to censor videos discussing some potential risks of hormonal contraceptives. Whatever happened to the old liberal mantra that everyone should be able to say and do what they want without stigma or persecution? And why are leftists so determined to prevent women from hearing about any dangers of using contraception?
As a Catholic, I believe contraception is always wrong, as it interferes with nature and divides sex from its inherent, God-given end -- namely, procreation (not to mention making no-consequences, no-responsibility sexual flings easier than ever for men). This is a view supported by Scripture (for instance, see Gen. 38:9-10), and it was the view of all Christian denominations until the 20th century. But science has evidence to support rejecting contraception too, and some young women now are starting to understand that and spread the news.
According to the Washington Post, a clip of Daily Wire’s Brett Cooper discussing the side effects of hormonal contraception had 219,000 likes on TikTok “before TikTok removed it following The Post’s inquiry.” Cooper posted on Twitter/X, “What’s ironic is that [The Post] reached out to me for a comment, and they asked WHY my video was removed and no longer available. Shocker … was because of them.” Cooper wasn’t the only victim. The Post proudly announced that its inquiries had resulted in TikTok removing five videos criticizing contraceptives.
It’s not surprising that TikTok would easily cave to pressure on removing content, since the app has a track record of biased censorship, according to MRC Free Speech America (disclosure: I am a contributor to MRC). The America-hating, genocidal Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which brutally enforced a one-child policy for years in China, owns a financial stake and board seat in TikTok’s parent company ByteDance.
Nor is it surprising that the Washington Post is demanding their political opponents be silenced. But it is interesting how fully committed leftist outlets are now to hiding potential risks of hormonal contraceptives. As usual, Democrats are proving they really aren’t interested in women making their own decisions; it’s all about depopulation and mind control.
Evidence on the harms of contraceptives isn’t merely anecdotal or relegated to conservative podcasts. For instance, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) website has a study documenting evidence of serious side effects from taking hormonal “birth control.” These include some of the side effects that Cooper and others were censored for discussing. The study, as available on NIH, also listed serious potential short- and long-term side effects from contraception. These included cancer, bone fractures, multiple sclerosis, female sexual dysfunction, cardiovascular risks, weight gain, depression, suicidal desires, and “increased risk of HIV transmission for depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA).” In times past — specifically, 1977 — the Post itself reported on the increased risk for cervical cancer for users of the Pill.
The Post and TikTok aren’t suppressing content critical of contraception because the content contains “misinformation.” The leftist censors just don’t want you to examine the honest evidence and decide for yourself.
