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Anonymous wrote:I’m a bleeding heart liberal who thinks BC is critical for so many people for so many reasons.

But I’m also a highly educated woman who has researched many medical issues for a variety of reasons.

Personally, I have never used the pill.

Why?

I’m a stroke risk given my severe migraines.

I know a young woman who was pressured into going on the pill following delivery. Long story short: stroke! She died. She was a migraine sufferer who never should have been on the pill.

I’m perimenopause and I won’t use HRT. I didn’t use the pill when I had crime scene level bleeding (had a hysterectomy instead). Breast cancer in my family tree makes me hyper aware of risks.

I don’t think anyone is trying to mount a senseless PR campaign against the pill…particularly on dcum. But many of us have done our homework. You should do yours and then make an informed choice. Don’t rely exclusively on doctors who might not connect the dots.

Chemically altering your body isn’t always the best choice.

+1 I’m pro BC, I read the insert and it’s not for me. I have never taken it. And I don’t like how women are just put on it for life when they have painful periods without an investigation into why they are having an issue.

OP things are not as black and white as you think.

Anonymous wrote:It made my OCD flare so badly I was suicidal. My mental health issues almost destroyed my marriage.

Got off it, recovered from kids, and I was great. For me, it was poison.

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Anonymous wrote:Why why why do rightwingers want no BC? They are thinking that far ahead?

Rightwing pro-lifers believe all hormonal birth control causes abortions. In their view the fertilized egg is a full human from the moment of fertilization which happens in the fallopian tube. The fertilized egg travels down the tube and implants in the uterus. Rightwing pro-lifers believe that hormonal birth control works by causing the shedding of the uterine lining thus “killing” a fertilized, implanted egg which they believe is a life due all protections.

So, it’s not just abortion but all forms of hormonal birth control that should be illegal.

Of course, probably all forms of barrier contraceptives would be highly restricted under the argument that any public awareness, promotion or access to is “sexual grooming” of children.

Anonymous wrote:Why why why do rightwingers want no BC? They are thinking that far ahead?

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Anonymous wrote:It's also changing our water, everything that lives in the water, and ultimately everything, by adding estrogen. And on a more individual level, it changes perception of attraction.

It's not only positive.

But that isn't the way it works. Women on BCP have low estrogen and progesterone levels, not high -- there is a feedback loop that suppresses the FSH and LH surges from the pituitary. That prevents the rise in estrogen rise and ovulation (and thus progesterone production) from the ovary.

When you AREN'T on the pill, your estrogen levels surge more. You have this backward.

The synthetic estrogen from the pill enters our waterways. And it's harming our fish.

https://www.businessinsider.com/birth-control-pills-hormones-estrogen-drinking-water-health-effects-2019-10

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Anonymous wrote:It's also changing our water, everything that lives in the water, and ultimately everything, by adding estrogen. And on a more individual level, it changes perception of attraction.

It's not only positive.

But that isn't the way it works. Women on BCP have low estrogen and progesterone levels, not high -- there is a feedback loop that suppresses the FSH and LH surges from the pituitary. That prevents the rise in estrogen rise and ovulation (and thus progesterone production) from the ovary.

When you AREN'T on the pill, your estrogen levels surge more. You have this backward.

Anonymous wrote:I might have been you when I was young. That’s before I learned I have a genetic blood clotting disorder and my mom almost died of a blood clot, and the hematologists warned me that I could never use hormonal BC again. One of them, a woman, told me she was angry about how many young women with clots she saw.

These aren’t risk-free. And it is not some conservative conspiracy to say that.

Anonymous wrote:It's also changing our water, everything that lives in the water, and ultimately everything, by adding estrogen. And on a more individual level, it changes perception of attraction.

It's not only positive.

Anonymous wrote:I went on BC at 16 not because I was sexually active but because every month I would get so sick I couldn't function. When I went off of it to conceive, I again got very sick every month. I do have a couple of side effects but after working with my doctor we determined that was the best choice for me.

Personally I just want all women to have  choices with their bodies. That means all types of birth control are available and all types of abortions are available. I don't want some old white dude sitting in a room full of other old shite dudes deciding what I and my family members can do with their bodies. It's ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Why why why do rightwingers want no BC? They are thinking that far ahead?

Rightwingers do not want women to be able to control their fertility because it gives us more control over our lives. That's it. That's the entire reason.