jlf1961
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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic slight disagreement about the IUD there are a LOT of issues for a LOT of women with IUD, its getting much better than it was 30 years ago, the same with the hormone transplant, but the hormonal effects on their own can be debilitating. otherwise I agree with what you just said. Yes, there have been improvements in the IUD over thirty years ago, however, among the problems with the new ones, that I came across, are the damn thing can slip out, perforation of the uterine wall at time of insertion and after some forms of strenuous activities. Not to mention that some women develop problems because of the bodies reaction to having a foreign object inside it, regardless of what it is made of. However, let me ask you this question. Do you think that it is in the best interest of women that the developers of ED treatments such as Viagra are presently spending more money to eliminate the possible side effects than they are spending to finding a female birth control drug with lower chances of harmful side effects? Personally, and you should see the look I get from Father Gibson when I speak my opinion on this, I feel that better forms of birth control should be researched, developed and made available to women that have lower health risk possibilities, so as to basically eliminate the need for the abortion option. Lets face it, there has been little research done to make hormonal birth control safer. The same basic synthetic hormone is still the key ingredient. And while cervical cancer can be caught early, and planned parenthood is a key factor in catching it in the early stages in lower income populations (which, as I read the funds utilization breakdown) is the highest expense they have. But, and this is nuts coming from a male, when pharmaceutical companies spend tens of billions of dollars to make drugs safer that allow an 80 year old to get and maintain an erection, and a small fraction of that total in researching safer birth control for women, what does that say about a society? Or the drug industry? And why the hell arent women breaking down the doors at these corporations and burning the boards of directors at the stake? Look, abortion has the same basic safety odds as putting a stint in a blood vessel that is not actually in the heart. I believe the statistics boil down to less than one in ten. However, unlike arterial procedures, the possible complications include antibiotic resistant staff infections, antibiotic resistant toxic shock syndrome infections, not to mention if the doctor really fucks up, a woman can actually bleed out. Again, those are rare, but they happen, and the incidence of antibiotic resistant infections is on the rise, and with all surgical and wound care situations. So, would you not agree that someone somewhere should think seriously about finding a safer alternative? Now as I understand it, and please correct me if I am wrong, hormonal birth control prevents egg production. If that is the case, I have to ask, and have asked, what the hell the various denominations have against it? If no egg is produced, there is no chance at life, therefore... well you get my point. And while pregnancy is no longer a fifty fifty chance at the infant dying, or the mother dying or both, I will also agree that it is no cake walk, and certainly not with out its own risks. Thus, I have to say, I would have no problems with safe, effective hormonal birth control for men or women. I guess what I am trying to say is that with all the advances in medical science, and the growing suspicion that synthetic hormones may actually be the cause of the health risk to birth control pills and hormone based birth control in general, why the hell is no one pushing for something better? I would like to see abortion rates at less than one percent, with safer birth control available so it abortion is not really a viable alternative.
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Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some grenades, don't you think? You cannot control who comes into your life, but you can control which airlock you throw them out of. Paranoid Paramilitary Gun Loving Conspiracy Theorist AND EQUAL OPPORTUNI
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