Nuns should go on the pill, say experts

Catholic nuns should go on the pill, two experts have argued.

Experts Dr Kara Britt and Professor Roger Short say that taking the contraceptive pill would protect nuns from breast, ovarian and womb cancer.

Deaths from all three diseases are known to be more prevalent among “nulliparous” women, such as nuns, who never give birth to children.

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