‘The risk of clots has been very real for women for many years. Why didn’t they take the pill off the market?’

As Amy Walsh lay on the hospital bed, she asked the doctor if she was going to die. “I was petrified. I was hallucinating, my memory was really bad, and I couldn’t understand what was happening.” Six years previously, Amy got her first oral contraceptive pill from her university doctor at 19. She was asked about a history of blood clots and was then given a box containing the pills, although it didn’t include the...