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It wouldn't surprise me if people generally overestimate the safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical procedures-- would you want to compare the accuracy of people's evaluation of contraceptives and abortions to their evaluation of medicine in general?
It also wouldn't surprise me if there's a minority who drasitically underestimate the safety and effectiveness of medicine.