ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

The Eastview Birth Control Trial

Okay kiddo, so there is a thing called birth control that helps people from getting pregnant. There was a study that happened in a place called Eastview where they tested one type of birth control pill to see if it worked well for the people taking it.

They asked some people if they wanted to try it out and see if it was good or not. They gave some people the real pill and some people got a pretend pill that didn't do anything. This is called a "trial" because they are testing the pill to make sure it works.

After a while, they looked at how many people got pregnant while taking the real pill versus the pretend pill. They found out that the real pill worked way better than the pretend one. They also checked if the people were healthy and didn't have any problems while taking the real pill.

So basically, they wanted to make sure the birth control pill they were testing was good and didn't have any bad side effects. And they found out that it was safe and worked really well!