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in General Factchecking by Genius (41.0k points)
Claim: Pregnancy tests include a hidden Plan B pill.

Source: https://archive.is/yP18O

12 Answers

+1 vote
by Apprentice (1.2k points)
https://www.parents.com/parenting/relationships/postpartum-birth-control/psa-that-is-not-a-plan-b-pill-inside-your-pregnancy-test/

According to this article, it is an absorber that is mistaken as a plan b in the pregnancy tests. Emergency contraceptives are not included in pregnancy tests.
False
+1 vote
by Novice (900 points)

No, this is simply not true. False information was spread through social media. Tik Tok made yet another ridiculous thing go viral. Pregnancy tests simply measure the hormonal level of a woman. It detects HCG levels. HCG is a hormone that is produced heavily after a woman becomes pregnant. Cleveland Clinic wrote an article talking about the things that a test does. 

Also think about this from a marketing side. A pregnancy test taken by a newly pregnant woman would read that she was pregnant. If there was a plan B inside the test, the pill would work causing the woman to no longer be pregnant. This would give the conclusion of a false positive. Now the product of the company is not reliable and people use other products. I do not see the reasoning behind a company making this real.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/9703-pregnancy-tests

False

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