The pill: from symbol of women's liberation to subject of growing mistrust

• Initially a symbol of liberation, the pill went on to become an almost inevitable part of a woman’s contraceptive journey.
• But today its use in France is in decline, the drop in popularity fuelled by health warnings, mistrust and a changing attitude towards contraception.
• "What seemed to us to be a tremendous liberation – and which was a tremendous liberation – is clearly no longer seen in the same light.