Coroner Issues Warning After 2 Young Women Die From Taking Oral Contraceptives

The 24-year-old make-up artist took the Pfizer vaccine nearly two weeks before her death—but the coroner found no evidence it was linked to her death.

The risk of developing a blood clot increases substantially in women with the Heterozygous Factor V Leiden mutation who take oral contraceptives. areeya_ann/shutterstock

A New Zealand coroner has issued a warning about the risks of oral contraceptives after two women died from blood clots in the same circumstances in the same month.

A 24-year-old Auckland-based make-up artist, Georgia O’Neill, was found “unresponsive” in her bedroom on the afternoon of Sept. 20, 2021, after complaining that she was “not feeling well” and “had a lot of pain in her lower back” earlier in the day. Ms. O’Neill had sent a text message to her father and flatmate.