New Birth control pill

[PetertheRock]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/052307dnnatpill.9426bdd0.html

What's next? Women becoming men and no one will have children anymore.

 

[Gwendolyn]

And I am acquainted with doctors who already disapprove of the 21-day-a-month pill because of grave long- and short-term (side)effects.

Completely halting one's natural menstrual cycle altogether is even worse than artificially creating one by tricking your body into working the way you want it to.

I don't even want to think about the long-term side effects of this one.

 

[krstlros]

Actually, I was thinking men will have the children instead.

Seriously though: I think it's rather unhealthy for a woman to stop something that's a natural function of the body. I, for one, have been told that it is necessary for a woman's body to expell the uteral lining that builds, which can cause a serious case of A-plastic anemia.

As some OBGYN's have cautioned, the long term affects of stopping one's ability to have a period have not been studied.

Personally, I wish they would invent something for women to skip menopause.

However, the idea of men being able to have the babies sounds like a rather interesting idea.

 

[krstlros]

Okay, not to sound fatalistic or anything:

When I heard the report on the national news last night, it reminded me of "Children Of Men" where an entire generation became sterile and there were no babies born for 12 years or, something like that.

 

[ce58]

wow...

 

[Maggie893]

I had to go to the bottom of the article but at least they did insert one temperate response:

"For women in that situation, I certainly can understand the benefits of taking these kinds of medications, but for most women menstruation is a normal life event – not a medical condition. Why medicate away a normal life event if we're not sure of the long-term effects?" said Elson, who researches the sociology of gender and medical sociology"

 

[PetertheRock]

They had some woman from one of the pro choice groups on Fox News this afternoon talking about this and she was saying how wonderful it is because women will have a choice when to start families because sometimes it's not convienient for a married couple to have kids. The pro life person quipped back saying there is NEVER a convienient time to have kids. That doesn't give us the right to play God.

This is just more of the slippery slope of moral decay that's happening in this country.

 

[Rhamiel]

we talked about it in my Human Sexuality class today, almost everybody thought it sounded like a great idea but who knows what will happen 10 years down the line, my bet.....Spontaneous human combustion

 

[krstlros]

If you had to expell blood from your body every month you'd probably want to have that option of not having it once in a while.

You know, I understand the feeling of some young women not wanting to have their period when they are leading an active life. Heck, a lot of women I know wish they didn't have it, and unless you've actually have had a visit from "Aunt Flow", you may not understand the desire to sometimes not have to deal with it.

Yes, I understand the birth control implications, so please don't go off on me on that.

What I am saying is that I understand the idea of not having a period once in a blue moon for whatever reason there might be, be it going on a vacation, going camping, etc. Because, personally, if I'm traveling extensively, I don't want to deal with it. However, the idea of not totally having it can lead to severe health complications down the road that we have no clue as to what they'll be. Just wish they'd wait to give it a good testing before bringing any dru gout.

 

[PetertheRock]

I wish I didn't have to urinate and have bowel movements every day myself. But God created human beings with these necassary functions. God created women to have children. For whatever reason, God created discomfort to come with the childbirth process (most likely because of original sin) Making women sterile is not the way to deal with this natural cycle any more than sewing up my rear end or private areas would be a good way to stop me from having to urinate or have bowel movements.

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

Yeah, there could be problems, there have been a few scares with the pill in the past I seem to recall.

I'm not sure if its meant to work as a quick fix for a short period of time though, the articles gives the impression that it is something that has to be taken consistently to have any effect.

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

I wish I didn't have to urinate and have bowel movements every day myself. But God created human beings with these necassary functions. God created women to have children. For whatever reason, God created discomfort to come with the childbirth process (most likely because of original sin) Making women sterile is not the way to deal with this natural cycle any more than sewing up my rear end or private areas would be a good way to stop me from having to urinate or have bowel movements.

Well firstly ewww, and secondly what about for therapeutic means? Guys take medicines for bowl movements or urinary problems - why shouldn't women be allowed to used this kind of pill if they suffer from severe period discomfort, as many do?

 

[Angeldove97]

Any woman who has a normal period, I doubt would ever seriously consider taking a pill to completely stop their period. I would never do that to my body, especially when there's no real research to back it up and say whether or not its safe.

However, I can see someone who is having out of control periods for whatever reason and making their life very difficult as seeing this as an option instead of having to go through surgery to have their uterus removed. My Mom had years and years of heavy bleeding after she had me and my older Sister. This is something that she could have considered possibly instead of having the surgery that almost killed her a few years back around Christmas time.

Hopefully... some how this will actually be able to help some women out there.

 

[PetertheRock]

This is being sold as a birth control pill. Not a therapudic pill. Let's stop the liberal spin. There are times when it is medically necassary to even permanently stop the cycle. If they have a pill that will make it so women won't have to have hisdirectomy's then I can see it. But not for use as a permanent birth control means.

 

[Angeldove97]

No I'm not supporting it as a birth control means at all. But it's probably alot safer to take a daily pill than to have surgery where a woman, who is probably already low on blood, to have part of her removed where bleeding can be very intense.

 

[benedictine]

The last time I had dinner with the bishop, he said something along the lines of: I think God will finally decide that we no longer want to reproduce, and then, we won't be able to. And that will be our downfall.

 

[krstlros]

No I'm not supporting it as a birth control means at all. But it's probably alot safer to take a daily pill than to have surgery where a woman, who is probably already low on blood, to have part of her removed where bleeding can be very intense.

You know, I almost forgot about that.

I've had friends and relatives, and even my mother many many moons ago, who have had excessive bleeding and/or cramps becaue of their period. If this can help alleviate some of the discomfort, it would be a blessing for many.

I don't think menstral periods can be compared to one's daily urinary or bowal movements. It just doesn't equate.

Okay, since we're speaking of "birth control" here: There was a report some time ago of a drug that would basically halt the production of sperm in the male seman.

My question is, why wasn't there such a discussion regarding that? If there was, please abring it forth so that there can also be a discussion of how men are also trying NOT to procreate.

 

[Victrixa]

The Depo-Provera injection stops menstruations and it's been on the market for quite a while now... that one is really bad... many a woman's health has been destroyed because of it...

 

[PetertheRock]

You know, I almost forgot about that.

I've had friends and relatives, and even my mother many many moons ago, who have had excessive bleeding and/or cramps becaue of their period. If this can help alleviate some of the discomfort, it would be a blessing for many.

I don't think menstral periods can be compared to one's daily urinary or bowal movements. It just doesn't equate.

Okay, since we're speaking of "birth control" here: There was a report some time ago of a drug that would basically halt the production of sperm in the male seman.

My question is, why wasn't there such a discussion regarding that? If there was, please abring it forth so that there can also be a discussion of how men are also trying NOT to procreate.

It's just as wrong for men as it is for women.

Neither men nor women should be playing God.

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

I wish I didn't have to urinate and have bowel movements every day myself.

So next time your constapated don't take anything for it.

geex.