Three Ways Conservative Media Misinform About Birth Control Special Programs Abortion Rights & Reproductive Health Written by Coleman Lowndes & Alexandrea Boguhn Published 01/05/15 9:57 AM EST Conservative media personalities have long ignored the public's overwhelming support for wider access to birth control, instead pushing long debunked myths that birth control is cheap and easy to access, is only about preventing pregnancies, and can cause abortion. Here are the facts behind right-wing media's three biggest myths about birth control: