Posted on 01/20/2005 3:05:04 AM PST by Lindykim
Volume 2, Number 24 Consumer Reports Refers to Unborn Children as "Uterine Content"
A series of articles in the February Consumer Reports magazine rates condoms, hormonal birth control and many other forms of artificial contraception and also gives advice on abortion options where it refers to unborn humans as "uterine content." The article gives short shrift to abstinence and betrays a misunderstanding of natural family planning, a surprise given Consumer Reports' reputation of high credibility and thoroughness.
The group of articles, called CR's Guide to Contraception, begins with an evaluation of 23 kinds of condoms. It calls condoms the "only method" of preventing pregnancy "that also can help prevent sexually transmitted diseases." The article fails to discuss the permeability of condoms to human papillomavirus (HPV) which, according to the Centers for Disease Control, is the most common form of STD and can cause cervical cancer.
The Guide to Contraception includes a sidebar disparaging the fact that the CDC's current fact sheet on condoms has changed to advocate sexual abstinence. According to the report, "A CDC spokesperson said the new fact sheet is more science-based than its predecessor and is meant for health professionals, but critics, including experts on reproductive health, charge that it puts ideology before science and encourages distrust of condoms."
The report also evaluates 17 different types of contraceptives and lists the "rhythm method" as one form. Andy Alderson, executive director of the Couple to Couple League which instructs married couples on how to use Natural Family Planning, said the Consumer Reports failed to do their home work on NFP and disputes their claim that the method has a "high failure rate if woman has irregular cycles." Anderson told Culture & Cosmos, "This is simply a false statement and shows a complete lack of understanding about NFP. Failure rates for irregular cycles were higher 30-40 years ago with the calendar-based rhythm method. But modern methods of NFP based on an awareness of a woman's signs of fertility (mucus, cervix, and temperature) work extremely well for women that have regular or irregular cycles."
The report also includes a sidebar titled, "Abortion options." In its explanation of drug-induced abortion it notes that the FDA recently strengthened the warning label that comes with the abortion pill Mifeprex "after reports of three patient deaths." It fails to note the 676 reports of problems with the drug, including 72 cases of blood loss requiring transfusions and 7 cases of serious infections.
Consumer Reports did not return Culture & Cosmos calls seeking comment but a statement was obtained by WoldNetDaily in which a magazine spokesman cites the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as justification for its report, "[W]e support the consumer's right to be informed (part of the United Nations charter on human rights). As one way to fulfill our mission, we publish factual, scientifically based information on public health topics and on legally available products and services provided by the medical profession and health-care industry."
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The article is nothing but bovine colonic content.
Absolutely full-on bloody disgusting!
Consumer Reports, AARP Mag and the rest of these rags are on the wrong side of right & wrong. May they die soon and painfully!
I guess that makes . . .
SCUBA TEDDY, SHRILLERY ANTOINETTE DE FOSTERIZER DE SADE, BOXERFACE, SKERRYSCAB, KOMMIE BYRD TYRD, . . . et al
"LOWER COLON CONTENT!"
"LLC's"
rather
"LLCC's"
"LOWEST LOWER COLON CONTENTs"
Want to contact Consumer Reports and complain or cancel your subscription...
http://custhelp.consumerreports.org/cgi-bin/consumerreports.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php
I did....;)
Want to contact Consumer Reports and complain or cancel your subscription...
Wouldn't it make sense to actually read the CR article before complaining? Rather than relying strictly on what one article says CR says? Who knows? This article might have left out something else you'd/ we'd want to complain about.
For some reason I was reminded of an episode of Star Trek TNG, where an alien referred to humanity as "ugly bags of mostly water".
Must be too early in the morning for me...
In general, I enjoy Consumer Reports. I haven't read this issue yet but I will.
While I find it extremely distasteful that they included abortion information (clearly unnecessary), I see nothing wrong with rating condoms and hormonal birth control.
Not everyone believes that birth control is evil. FWIW, I own a copy of "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" and found it a most interesting read. There is a lot of information that women and couples are never taught about how to manage their fertility naturally if they so choose. It would have been nice for Consumer Reports to get their facts straight on this method.
Simply wishing for the deaths of these ghouls doesn't phase them in the least, but you add God to the expression and they usually go ballistic.
No, they are 'aged' uterine content. When uterine content is removed or discharged, it's still considered uterine content.
The Paul Anka song will have to be re-written;
Expelling my uterine content, what a wonderfull way of saying how much you love me...
Did you see the news this morning? Some woman expelled a 17lb uterine content. World record I think.
Didn't someone mention here last week that the head of CR was a former Planned Parenthood exec?
too true
Uterine content.
A year ago, I had a polyp removed from my uterus.
So Consumer Reports is in effect saying that a baby is the equivalent of a polyp.
Un-freaking-believable.
'Misanthrope" is a good term for Consumer Reports, PlannedParenthood, and the rest of their ilk.
uterine content - what a monstrous misuse of the English language.
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