I didn't kill him.....I swear!
I have recently learned from my wife that using the pill for contraception may not be so squeaky clean as everyone may think. Most people who take the pill believe they are doing the responsible thing. For most people the "pills" ease and convenence makes it the perfect form of birth control. For the religious it is the perfect form of birth control, since it prevents woman from ovulating, there is never an egg released. So no embryo, no controversy, right! .....Wrong.
Back in the seventies this was the case . The pill contained high doses of estrogen, which all but eliminated ovulation. But with high doses of estrogen came high occurrence of side effects. I'm not talking about dizziness and head aches, I mean heart attacks. In fact one of the first studys done with the original birth control pill showed 30% of woman who smoked while on the pill had a heart attacks along with many other side effects. So the amount of estrogen was lowered to make the pill safer. But over the next 10 or so years, the occurrence of side effects was still very high as long term studys showed. The amount of estrogen was gradually lowered over the years from 150 micrograms to 25 to 35 micrograms today. Even today doctors strongly recommend you do not smoke if on the pill.
Problem with lowering the estrogen levels to safe amounts is that the protection from ovulation was greatly reduced. The drug company's responded by adding progestin in combination with estrogen. This brought chances of pregnancy back down (approx 3% per year). The issue lies in how progestin prevents pregnancy. It works in two ways. First by thinkening unterine mucus, this makes it difficult for sperm cells to swim efficiently. Second by thinning the membrane of the uterus wall (from 13mm to almost 1mm), this prevents a embryo from being able to implant in the uterus. The key word here is embryo. For many that may mean nothing. For many others it is killing life.
The word contraception means preventing conception. Any doctor will define the moment of conception as the second the sperm and egg produce an embryo. Since it is known that the pill sometime prevents the embryo from implanting to prevent a full pregnancy. It is technically not a contraceptive. It may be a partial contraceptive, but it in no way deserves the right to be called just "contraceptive". It is basically lying to the consumer. The are millions of people that are against the destruction of embryos that use the pill. Not of their own fault but the fault of the drug company's and medical community for letting this become intentionally misunderstood. For most OBGYN doctors, woman who come in just for a perscription of the pill, make up a huge part of their income. My wife has used the pill in the past and I was totally unknowing of this information(at that time of my life I probably would not have cared anyway). But the majority of our great country is religious and has a right to know and not be lied to. I have read that the information can be found on the pamphlets that come with the pill, but I am not sure how descriptive it is. With all the talk in politics about embryos. I cant believe that this issue still remains mostly undiscovered. The pill could be responsible for killing millions of more embryos than medical research could ever hope to kill. The fact is, if you use the pill for a long period of time, it is very likely that you have had an abortion and dont even know it. The two hormones that are used in the "Pill" are the same two hormones that are used in the highly controversal "Morning after Pill", or more polictically correct name "emergency contraception". So if you forgot to take your pill, then had intercourse, you dont need a prescription for the morning after pill. You can just go ahead and take your regular pill. This needs to be brought into the light.
This subject must be brought into the light
Back in the seventies this was the case . The pill contained high doses of estrogen, which all but eliminated ovulation. But with high doses of estrogen came high occurrence of side effects. I'm not talking about dizziness and head aches, I mean heart attacks. In fact one of the first studys done with the original birth control pill showed 30% of woman who smoked while on the pill had a heart attacks along with many other side effects. So the amount of estrogen was lowered to make the pill safer. But over the next 10 or so years, the occurrence of side effects was still very high as long term studys showed. The amount of estrogen was gradually lowered over the years from 150 micrograms to 25 to 35 micrograms today. Even today doctors strongly recommend you do not smoke if on the pill.
Problem with lowering the estrogen levels to safe amounts is that the protection from ovulation was greatly reduced. The drug company's responded by adding progestin in combination with estrogen. This brought chances of pregnancy back down (approx 3% per year). The issue lies in how progestin prevents pregnancy. It works in two ways. First by thinkening unterine mucus, this makes it difficult for sperm cells to swim efficiently. Second by thinning the membrane of the uterus wall (from 13mm to almost 1mm), this prevents a embryo from being able to implant in the uterus. The key word here is embryo. For many that may mean nothing. For many others it is killing life.
The word contraception means preventing conception. Any doctor will define the moment of conception as the second the sperm and egg produce an embryo. Since it is known that the pill sometime prevents the embryo from implanting to prevent a full pregnancy. It is technically not a contraceptive. It may be a partial contraceptive, but it in no way deserves the right to be called just "contraceptive". It is basically lying to the consumer. The are millions of people that are against the destruction of embryos that use the pill. Not of their own fault but the fault of the drug company's and medical community for letting this become intentionally misunderstood. For most OBGYN doctors, woman who come in just for a perscription of the pill, make up a huge part of their income. My wife has used the pill in the past and I was totally unknowing of this information(at that time of my life I probably would not have cared anyway). But the majority of our great country is religious and has a right to know and not be lied to. I have read that the information can be found on the pamphlets that come with the pill, but I am not sure how descriptive it is. With all the talk in politics about embryos. I cant believe that this issue still remains mostly undiscovered. The pill could be responsible for killing millions of more embryos than medical research could ever hope to kill. The fact is, if you use the pill for a long period of time, it is very likely that you have had an abortion and dont even know it. The two hormones that are used in the "Pill" are the same two hormones that are used in the highly controversal "Morning after Pill", or more polictically correct name "emergency contraception". So if you forgot to take your pill, then had intercourse, you dont need a prescription for the morning after pill. You can just go ahead and take your regular pill. This needs to be brought into the light.
This subject must be brought into the light
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