Health Risks of Contraceptive Drugs My Opinion: Do you realize that contraceptive drugs have serious health impacts on women? Because of her research and personal experience in her medical practice contrasting contraceptives and natural family planning (NFP), Dr. Mary Martin made the decision to join a select group of doctors who have stopped prescribing contraceptives. The vast majority of her patients have stayed with her and have learned the benefits of NFP. Dr. Martin had been receiving many calls from her patients about problems with excessive bleeding. She no longer receives such calls. Hormonal contraceptives (the pill, Norplant and Depo-Provera), besides being abortifacient, have horrific side effects for the women who use them. In addition to abnormal bleeding, serious side effects include high blood pressure, blood clots, heart attacks, migraine headaches, bone loss, and menstrual problems after ending use of the drug. Although there are undoubtedly other factors involved, it is no coincidence that the rise in breast cancer followed ten to fifteen years after hormonal contraceptives first became readily available. The connection between abortion and breast cancer is the result of the proliferation of breast cells early in a pregnancy that remain in an unstable state when the pregnancy is ended abruptly. Contraceptive drugs have a similar effect on the breast. It is also no coincidence that women who have been on the pill for years, are finding they are infertile when they want children. The side effect is connected to the rapid aging of the cervix caused by these drugs which can lead to infertility. Infertility is becoming a national plague, with couples spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying desperately to conceive. Undiscriminating doctors have been, and continue to become wealthy prescribing contraceptives and then treating the side effects. The effectiveness of contraceptives is not as high as often claimed. Contraceptive drugs are often claimed to be 99% effective. In fact, statistics show closer to a 7% failure rate for contraceptive drugs. The condom has a 15% failure rate. In contrast, NFP that many critics claim is not effective has a success rate of 98%. Actually, Mother Teresa trained over 20,000 women in India to use NFP with a 0% failure rate. Statistics also show that the divorce rate for couples using NFP is 3% compared to a rate of 50% for couples who use contraception. Contraceptive use attacks married and unmarried sexual relationships at their core. Using contraceptives in a sexual relationship outside of marriage promotes the idea that people can have sex without consequences. Reality enters the picture in the form of sexually transmitted diseases, undesired pregnancy, broken dreams, and years consumed in dead-end relationships. Using contraceptives within marriage fosters the idea that sex is a plaything. In fact sex is one of the strongest tools that a couple can use to strengthen their relationship. Treating sex like a toy leaves both partners feeling used because they are being used. After years of this, many couples divorce. These devastated relationships and marriages lead to millions of children being reared by one parent or none. Damaged families rear troubled children. Note: All suggestions are only fast aid for diseases. |
