I read an article about her years ago that mentioned that she did not eat, or only ate tiny meals. And as I recall, there were also incidents of her passing out for unexplained reasons. It should have been apparent at the time that she had an eating disorder and was starving herself so she [...]

Years ago IUDs were more popular, but then there were a series of disasters among women who used them. Ectopic pregnancies, emergency surgeries, women blew out tubes, some could no longer have children. After that, many women decided not to take the risk.