Was the Pill's 21/7 regime really invented to please the Pope?
Critics say the seven day break has always been unnecessary but was introduced in the hope it would make the Pill acceptable to the Catholic Church. But are the claims true?
5th February 2019
By Kemal Atlay
A few weeks back new UK guidelines came out advising women on combined oral contraceptives that the pill could safely be taken daily without the monthly, seven-day, hormone-free break.