Contraception and Abortion (post #2)

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This is my second of three posts in response to Aus Blog's comments to my post on Pro-Life resources.

I believe, contrary to Aus Blog, that:
1. contraception and abortion are related abuses of human sexuality
2. increased use of contraception would not necessarily result in a a decrease in abortion
3. contraception is actually harmful to women physically and spiritually.

Premise #2 is dealt with in the post below entitled "Is 'more contraception' the answer to limiting the number of abortions?."
Premise #3 is dealt with by referring to some links that I list below:

When does human life begin? [Aus Blog, you are right on this... at conception!]
http://www.prolifephysicians.org/lifebegins.htm


The link between abortion and breast cancer:

http://www.polycarp.org/
overviewabortionbreastcancer.htm

“If a woman takes the oral contraceptive pill before her first full-term pregnancy, she suffers a 40% increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women who do not take oral contraception pills. If she takes oral contraception pills for 4 years or more prior to her first full-term pregnancy, she may have an even higher risk.” [The Polycarp Research Institute]:
http://www.omsoul.com/newsview.php?idnum=170
http://www.polycarp.org/overviewbreast
canceroralcontraceptives.htm
http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kah/
kah_01pillbreastcancer1.html
http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kah/
kah_05ocpworldramification.html

How about a link between oral contraception and cervical cancer?

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kah/
kah_17chapt13oralcontra.html


How does “the pill” work… can it fail… and can it cause an early abortion?

http://www.polycarp.org/how_does_the_pill_work.htm
http://www.prolifephysicians.org/abortifacient.htm
http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/wilks/
wilks_04pillworks1.html

What are the medical side effects of the pill?

Medical side effects: The birth control pill increases the risk of breast cancer by over 40% if it is taken before a woman delivers her first baby.4 This risk increases by 70% if the Pill is used for four or more years before the woman’s first child is born.5 Other side effects that women have experienced include the development of high blood pressure, blood clots, stroke, heart attack, depression, weight gain, migraine, dark spots on the skin and difficulty with breast-feeding. Diabetics who take oral contraceptives may note increased sugar levels. Some women who stop taking the Pill do not have a return of their fertility (menstrual cycles) for a year or longer. Although the Pill decreases ovarian and some uterine cancers, it increases breast, liver, and cervical cancer.4 At least three studies have noted that the AIDS virus is transmitted more easily to women who are taking the Pill and whose partner(s) has the HIV virus. 6, 7, 8 The cost of using the Pill for five years is over $1,000.

See the full article at:
http://www.omsoul.com/contraception-side-effects.php

Will giving people more birth control solve the problem of abortion? [this pertains also to premise #2]

The following excerpt is from the book Why Can’t We Love them Both by Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Wilke (available on-line at:
http://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/love_
them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_
both_1.asp#Contraception: )

“A major thrust of pro-abortion rhetoric has been the assumption that if only young people were given adequate education in how to use contraceptives, and then adequate access to them, the problem would be solved.
A portion of the pro-life side has serious moral reservations about contraception per-se. Many other pro-lifers do not share this. Almost universally, however, pro-lifers feel that pushing contraceptives onto teenagers encourages fornication and at younger ages. Most pro-lifers oppose contraceptives for premarital sex, for adultery, and for homosexual liaisons.
Title X, the U.S. federal family planning program which has expended billions of dollars giving contraceptives to teenagers over the last three decades, has proven to be a colossal failure. Wherever its clinics have been established, an intense campaign has been launched to teach contraceptive use to unmarried teens. The result? The pregnancy rate has gone up. The sexually transmitted disease has gone up. The abortion rate has gone up. The age of first sexual encounter is younger. Planned Parenthood has reported that 60% of women getting abortions had used contraceptives the month they became pregnant (Chapter 35). This evidence, along with other studies, has convinced many that the siren song of "give them contraceptives and the problem will be solved," is not part of the solution, but rather part of the problem.”

How effective is contraception in preventing pregnancy?

http://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/
love_them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_both_35.
asp#How%20effective%20are%20contraceptives%20in
%20preventing%20pregnancy?

An article on the declining population rate [another by-product of the contraceptive mentality]:
http://wf-f.org/02-2-lifeissues.html