Another chemical weapon in the war against babies
From yesterday’s Telegraph:-
Coming soon, a pill that stops periods forever
A contraceptive pill that aims to halt indefinitely a woman’s period is expected to receive full approval from US health officials this week, a move that could end discomfort and pain for many women.
The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to give the green light to Lybrel tomorrow. Wyeth, the drug’s manufacturer, has requested approval from British officials for the drug, which will be marketed here as Anya, but it is unlikely the pill will be available until next year.
... Lybrel, however, is taken for at least a year at a time. Like the majority of oral contraceptives it is a combined pill, containing both oestrogen and progestogen, but the doses of hormone have been lowered to allow for it being taken without a break.
Supporters of Lybrel claim there is no need for women to menstruate and the pill is an easy and safe way to eliminate what many consider to be a monthly ordeal.
Gynaecologists say they have been seeing a slow but steady increase in women asking how to limit and even stop monthly bleeding.
Surveys have found up to half of women would prefer not to have any periods and most would prefer them less often.
... Rebecca Findlay, of the Family Planning Association, said yesterday: “It’s a good lifestyle option for some women, and gives them extra choice, though clearly will not be welcomed by all women.”
Some experts believe that blocking periods could be unsafe. Paula Derry, a health psychologist in Baltimore, wrote in the British Medical Journal two weeks ago that “menstrual suppression itself is unnatural”, and that there was not enough data to determine if it was safe long-term.
Her stance is supported by research in the US which has found many women view their periods as symbols of fertility and health. Christine Hitchcock, of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, told The New York Times: “My concern is that the menstrual cycle is an outward sign of something that’s going on hormonally in the body. [I worry about] the idea that you can turn your body on and off like a tap.”
The same hormones that control the menstrual cycle act on the brain, bones and skin and the long-term effects of suppressing them were unknown, she said. “You need to think whether there are consequences for the whole body that we don’t know about,” she added.
Of course, we can’t have any of this going on, can we?
Posted by a Finn on Wed, 23 May 2007 06:00 | #
Part of the problem is propaganda, like the following pity-hatred propaganda. Well done music, lot’s of listeners. Whatever the finer details of the words, many listeners remember only; feel always pity towards bums without case by case anlyzing; abortions are good, feel pity; feel pity towards drug dealers too; and finally, direct all your anger and resentment towards lily white families (multi-racial crowd looking at the European American family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9f9Eybv4I
If menstruation is a problem to some, what is next. That we have to move our spoons to get food to our mouths?
The story about the mother of thirteen was refreshing.
P.s. Somebody in the comments said that Everlast (Irish American) converted to islam. If that is true, when he will do a song called; What it is like to be a kaffir.
We need counteraction in culture too, including music.