by APFLI | Nov 2, 2007 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
Oral contraception Linked to Prostate Deformities in Male Offspring Oestrogen [estrogen]-like chemicals commonly found in oral contraceptives and plastic packaging could deform the prostate gland of human embryos, suggests a new study in mice. Deformities to the...
by APFLI | Nov 2, 2007 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
Women's Choice of Men Goes in Cycles Women are attracted to more masculine-looking men at the most fertile time of their menstrual cycle, psychologists have shown. During the less fertile times, they choose men with more feminine-looking faces. These are seen as...
by APFLI | Nov 2, 2007 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
Male Pheromones and Sexual Attraction ABSTRACT Previous research has revealed that natural and synthetic pheromones can enhance ratings of opposite sex attractiveness. The present study investigated the effects of exposure to male axillary secretions on female...
by APFLI | Oct 31, 2007 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
2 STUDIES Scent of a Woman Study: Men Attracted to Women's Scent When She's Fertile By Melanie Axelrod April 5 — Chanel says every woman has her own "Allure." But a new study suggests the female allure isn't bottled, rather, it...
by APFLI | Jul 14, 2007 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
ABORTION-CONTRACEPTION CONNECTION – ABORTION INDUSTRY COMMENTS Pro-abortion Alan Guttmacher Institute [research arm of Planned Parenthood] has repeatedly reported on major surveys that show 56%-58% of all women having abortions were using contraception the month...
by APFLI | Jul 11, 2007 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
[not new, just underreported…] “Contraceptive Failure in the First Two Years of Use: Differences Across Socioeconomic Subgroups,” Nalini Ranjit, Akinrinola Bankole, Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh. Family Planning Perspectives, Vol 33, No....
by APFLI | Apr 19, 2007 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES CONTAINING CYPROTERONE INCREASE RISK OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS: four times more likely to develop deep vein thrombosis, or venous blood clots, than those taking OCs that contain levonorgestrel. Deep vein thrombosis can cause potentially fatal...
by APFLI | Apr 19, 2007 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
Contracepting the Environment: Environmentalists Mum on Poisoned Streams When EPA-funded scientists at the University of Colorado studied fish in a pristine mountain stream known as Boulder Creek two years ago, they were shocked. Randomly netting 123 trout and other...
by APFLI | Nov 17, 2006 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
Many columnists are endorsing legislation which calls for even greater contraceptive access and other measures to reduce the “need” for abortion (“Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act,” H.R. 6067). The media generally...
by APFLI | Oct 23, 2006 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/Abstract.asp?AID=4166&Abst=Abstract&UID= Abstract Mayo Clin Proc. 2006;81:1290-1302 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research ORIGINAL ARTICLE Oral Contraceptive Use as a Risk Factor for Premenopausal Breast...
by APFLI | Apr 7, 2006 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
CONTRACEPTIVE USE • Fifty-four percent of women who have abortions had used a contraceptive method (usually the condom or the pill) during the month they became pregnant. Among those women, 76% of pill users and 49% of condom users report having used their...
by APFLI | Sep 25, 2005 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
A report form the Alan Guttmacher Institute provides wide ranging statistics and demographic information on women who had abortions. In addition to reporting that abortion numbers continued to drop in 2001 and 2002, the report contains findings that may bolster...
by APFLI | Sep 15, 2005 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
[12/02 — CLASS OF ESTROGENS LABELED CARCINOGENS – U.S. Upgrades Danger Posed by Element in Replacement Therapies, Contraceptives – All estrogens used in replacement therapies & contraceptives were listed by the federal gov’t as "known...
by APFLI | Aug 24, 2005 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
Contraception Volume 69, Issue 5 , May 2004, Pages 361-366 Anna Glasier , a, b, Karen Fairhurstc, Sally Wykec, Sue Zieblandd, Peter Seamanc, Jeremy Walkerc and Fatim Lakhaa AbstractA number of small studies have demonstrated increased use of emergency contraception...
by APFLI | Feb 22, 2005 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
QuickStats: Primary Contraceptive Methods Among Women Aged 15–44 Years — United States, 2002 In 2002, the most frequent contraceptive method among women aged 15–44 years was oral contraception. Other leading methods were female...
by APFLI | Jan 7, 2005 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
These are the findings of Nobel Prize winning social scientist: Writing in the current issue of Touchstone Magazine, University of Virginia assistant professor of sociology W. Bradford Wilcox cites research by 6 scholars which shows contraception to be responsible for...
by APFLI | Jul 26, 2004 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
In a study of abortion patients in 1994-95 [Alan Guttmacher Inst.], 58% of patients reported that they ‘currently used’ contraception during the month of their last menstrual period… In 1995… approximately 29% of sexually active U.S. women who used only [OCs] for...
by APFLI | Mar 30, 2004 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proposed a new set of rules that will guard the content of HIV/AIDS education resources, and contraception educators and promiscuity promoters are worried. In essence, they are concerned that the...
by APFLI | Mar 10, 2004 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, Vital and Health Statistics Division data for 1995: 15-19 year olds 20-24 year olds Condom 10.9% 16.7% Never had intercourse 49.8% 12.1% Of 9.7 million women using "coitis-dependent...
by APFLI | Feb 14, 2004 | Contraception - Adverse Effects: Cancer / Stroke / Abortion
I. PILL USE TRIPLES CERVICAL CANCER RISK A study by the World Health Organization (WHO), published online (27Mar02) in the prestigious British medical journal, The Lancet, found that women who use the oral contraceptive pill for more than five years could triple their...