“There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”
What PolitiFact found
There's not scientific consensus that hormonal birth control doubles the depression risk and triples the suicide risk. Musk based his claim on a single study that experts said is limited and doesn't prove a causal link.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Elon Musk (Tesla CEO) made this claim around 16 February 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 February 2024, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Elon Musk has 13 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.