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Chapter 26, Problem 8SA
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The purpose of the estrogen and progesterone components in estrogen-progesterone birth control pills.

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Birth control pills work around the fact that an egg starts developing in the ovary when the level of estrogen goes low enough to stimulate FSH.

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