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Posted on 02/23/2012 8:27:49 PM PST by neverdem
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My sister,who is 17,takes them because her periods wee very painful,so they can be beneficial.
I might take them for the same reason,as my periods are heavy and are affecting my iron levels.
That’s ‘were’,not ‘wee’.
IIRC, though, there are other medical applications for the Pill— I know it’s been used to treat severe gastronomical disorders, for example.
Hillarious and demonstrative of the problem we have with Gov!
:)
Bottom line is what is preventing a doctor from writing a prescription and the patient going to the pharmacy and paying a copay for the drug?
This is discriminatory to those of were born of the wrong gender, who need to ingest hormones to develop traits of the opposite gender. WHY CAN’T I HAVE FREE HORMONES???? It’s wasis! /sarc
While those uses could be considered ethical even by the Catholic Standard of double effect. You might want to investigate the concept of naprotechnology and health care providers that might be able to provide treatment options that could be far less toxic than the pill.
The website is easy to find http://naprotechnology.com/
Nothing... since at least 98% of the population uses already.
/forgotten sarcasm tag.
Morally I have absolutely no problem with the use of the pill. I have a hell of a problem with abortions of convenience. I also have a big problem with government deciding what a religious institution (the Catholic Church and their hospitals) must provide in the way of contreception and abortion for their employees.
This administration is the one that has crossed the boundary between church and state. That worked out real good for Henry the VIII in England. They are still fighting that battle today in Northern Ireland.
Even the abortions that are caused by the pill? If not you contradict yourself.
They keep learning strange new things about The Pill.
Messing with the hormones over a long period of time can’t be a good thing.
Here is one article about how it changes the chemistry of attraction....
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pill-makes-women-less-responsive-720132.html
And the funny thing is....while women are being sold on the idea they need the pill in order to enjoy sex. The opposite is most likely true...that women who are not on the pill are the ones enjoying it the most.
I probably should not take the Pill anyway because of my age. I’m 35 and I believe that’s the “cut-off” age.
I would actually be most concerned about your sister. The World Health Organization has identified the Pill as a Carcinogen and the younger someone starts, the higher the risk for breast cancer.
http://www.prlog.org/10922665-birth-control-pill-shown-to-be-carcinogen.html
She should know her options.
I find it hard to believe that a person could take high doses of a chemical hormone for decades and not have a serious increase in health problems.
I’ll mention it to my mother because my sister will flip out and ask “Am I going to die”?
That is the last thing we need.
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