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The most important component of the oral contraceptive pill is
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- growth hormone
- thyroxine
- luteinizing hormone
- progesterone
Correct Option: D
Use of contraceptive pills is a wide spread form of birth control. Contraceptive pills contain estrogen and progesterone. The production of the pituitary hormones FSH & LH in the normal sexual cycle of a female is shut down by these hormones. In the absence of FSH, the ovarian follicles do not ripe and ovulation does not occur in the absence of LH.