Birth Control & Breast Cancer
— Posted by John (October 27, 2006 at 9:57 am)
A study [PDF] published this month in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings provides further evidence of a connection between the Pill and breast cancer.
In a related post a few days ago — regarding an article titled “Breast Cancer and Oral Contraception” posted on the No Room for Contraception website — Mark Shea summed it up: Contraception: The Gift that Keeps on Taking.
Dr. Janet Smith gave a presentation at last month’s “Contraception Is Not the Answer” conference titled “Hormones ‘R’ Us,” in which she discussed in detail these and other harmful side effects of hormonal birth control on a woman’s body (as well as some downright bizarre side effects on the environment).
You can buy a copy of Dr. Smith’s talk, as well as any or all of the other seven conference talks, here.
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mary kay says:
Hah!
Comment posted October 27th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
Annie says:
Nothing is a personal, private decision. We are all connected and every action (i.e. being on the pill) has its consequences.
Comment posted October 28th, 2006 at 9:45 am
Lauren says:
Do women who take contraception deserve breast cancer? I’m not sure what the argument is here.
Comment posted October 28th, 2006 at 11:18 am
Pansy Moss says:
Do women who take contraception deserve breast cancer? I’m not sure what the argument is here.
The argument is that hormonal contraceptives cause breast cancer. I don’t see where “deserve” fits into any of this.
When they linked thalidomide to birth defects, by stating they have linked bad side effects to thalidomide use, no one said “women who took thalidomide deserved to have children with birth defects…”
BUT
The fact can’t be ignored that oral contraceptives are against Natural Law. If you go through great obstacles to market a drug because of the amount of money it makes despite the consequences, this is the type of thing that happens.
Also, though in fairness, if you live off of Big Macs, does the person who refuses to eat healthy deserve to get fat? Again, I wouldn’t word it as “deserve”. I would say if you eat fattening food, chances are you are going to get fat. If you knowingly take a known carcinogen…
Comment posted October 28th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
mary kay says:
Lauren,
I think you take a lot of this too personally…as though we were attacking your personhood. A + B = C. Period. Abortion is evil. It has grave consequences. Spiritually, morally, physically. It just does. Birth control is evil. It has grave consequences. Spiritually, morally, physically. We aren’t the judges. We aren’t causing the effects. We just see them, share them, and hope to save people from suffering from them. We don’t say women who have abortions or use contraception should go to hell. We say the consequences of abortion and contraception are such that a choice is made and the result could be eternity without God. We are not decreeing this. Just passing along what God Himself has said. You always have the choice. But every choice comes with consequences. Breast cancer is one of them. Don’t shoot the messenger…
You want to inform people of the dangers of online gambling. You want to save them from going through what you went through. This is admirable. Does it mean that you are judging them? Or that they deserve to become addicted and lose everything? No, it simply means that the consequence of certain behaviors is “such and such”. You aren’t going to cause their addiction. You want to prevent it.
MK
Comment posted October 28th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Mike says:
Listen to Karen Malec discuss the relationship between Abortion/Birth Control to Breast Cancer…
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=78841
As of 2003, 18 out of 21 retrospective studies show that women who take oral contraceptives prior to their first-term birth incur an increased risk in developing breast cancer (from the Polycarp Research Institute)…
http://polycarp.org/overviewbreastcanceroralcontraceptives.htm
Mike
Comment posted October 28th, 2006 at 10:10 pm
lauren says:
What about ovarian cancer?
Comment posted October 31st, 2006 at 8:53 am
lauren says:
Polycarp research institute? Come on mike.
Comment posted October 31st, 2006 at 8:54 am
Generations for Life » Blog Archive » “Fully Informed Choices” says:
[…] And I’m sure no one would object either to a new law that would require notices to be posted — “where everyone can see” — in every pharmacy to warn women of the health risks associated with the Pill. […]
Comment posted December 6th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
Generations for Life » Blog Archive » Male Fish with Eggs? says:
[…] Whenever I give my talks, I always manage to slip in how terrible birth control is. From a Catholic perspective it’s morally wrong, but I give a few other reasons. First off, most birth control is aimed at women, which is unfair. Secondly, most, if not all birth control for women is harmful to her body. The Mayo Clinic even recently made a connection between contraception and breast cancer! […]
Comment posted May 11th, 2007 at 2:45 pm