Comments on: Birth Control & Breast Cancer http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/ Weblog of the Pro-Life Action League's Youth Outreach Division Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:32:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Generations for Life » Blog Archive » Male Fish with Eggs? http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-63668 Generations for Life » Blog Archive » Male Fish with Eggs? Fri, 11 May 2007 20:45:16 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-63668 [...] 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! [...] […] 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! […]

]]> By: Generations for Life » Blog Archive » “Fully Informed Choices” http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-19065 Generations for Life » Blog Archive » “Fully Informed Choices” Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:12:59 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-19065 [...] 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. [...] […] 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. […]

]]> By: lauren http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8658 lauren Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:54:39 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8658 Polycarp research institute? Come on mike. Polycarp research institute? Come on mike.

]]> By: lauren http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8657 lauren Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:53:43 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8657 What about ovarian cancer? What about ovarian cancer?

]]> By: Mike http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8148 Mike Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:10:48 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8148 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 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

]]> By: mary kay http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8100 mary kay Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:25:45 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8100 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 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

]]> By: Pansy Moss http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8097 Pansy Moss Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:09:08 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8097 <i>Do women who take contraception deserve breast cancer? I’m not sure what the argument is here. </i> 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 <i>deserve</i> 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... 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…

]]> By: Lauren http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8087 Lauren Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:18:10 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8087 Do women who take contraception deserve breast cancer? I'm not sure what the argument is here. Do women who take contraception deserve breast cancer? I’m not sure what the argument is here.

]]> By: Annie http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8074 Annie Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:45:15 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-8074 Nothing is a personal, private decision. We are all connected and every action (i.e. being on the pill) has its consequences. Nothing is a personal, private decision. We are all connected and every action (i.e. being on the pill) has its consequences.

]]> By: mary kay http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-7933 mary kay Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:35:34 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1027/birth-control-breast-cancer/#comment-7933 Hah! Hah!

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