The Human Laboratory
THE HUMAN LABORATORY AIR DATE 5 November 1995 NARRATOR (CHARLOTTE CORNWELL): The 60s, the age of contraception, heralded a whole new era of liberation for women. But contraceptives have not always meant liberation. SYBIL SHAINWALD: They have been used as a human laboratory. They’re just expendable. Who cares if a Third World woman dies? NARRATOR: When Norplant was released in the West recently, it seemed to be every woman’s dream. Hassle-free sex, no daily pill, and extremely reliable protection. Six implants are surgically inserted under the skin of the arm, where they stay for five years, releasing a hormone to…
Teen pregnancy surge proves RH law ineffective, says priest
A Catholic priest said that the teenage pregnancy surge only proves what they have been saying all along about the “reproductive health” law: it’s not the solution. Amidst efforts of the government to minimize unwanted teenage pregnancies, numbers continue to rise for the past years in the country. Fr. Melvin Castro, spiritual director of Pro-life Philippine, said it only shows that the RH law is not as effective as it was touted. “One of the key issues presented at the height of the debate (on RH) is that it will precisely avoid teenage pregnancy. The opposite is happening now,” Fr….
25-Year-Old Mom Has Toes Amputated and Hysterectomy After IUD Migrates to Her Stomach
A woman earlier this year was forced to undergo surgery, a hysterectomy, and have her toes amputated after her intrauterine device (IUD) migrated to her stomach and liver, the media has reported. “[I] began to have a sharp pain in the bottom right side of my stomach and the first thing that popped in my head was is this that IUD?,” Tanai Smith, a 25-year-old single mom from Baltimore, Maryland, wrote on a GoFundMe page she started to tell her story and her harrowing experience with the IUD. IUDs are contraceptive devices that are placed in the womb for 2-5…
Planned Parenthood Report: Prenatal Care Down 75%, Contraception Down 30%, Abortions Stay the Same
In the opening “Message from Our Leadership,” Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and Board chair Naomi Aberly tell supporters “despite the historic threat to our mission ….as we enter our 101st year, we are stronger and bolder than ever before.” When it comes to their bottom line, this is true. As we will preliminarily discuss today and in more depth tomorrow, that case is more mixed when it comes to other areas of Planned Parenthood’s activities. REVENUES Let’s start with 2009 as a point of comparison. Revenues in 2009 for the nation’s largest abortion provider were $1,100,800,000. This latest report,…
Dr. Ryan Capitulo Response to FDA Resolution on Implanon
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Teen Pregnancy Rate Falls 42.6 percent after UK cuts sex-ed, birth – control funding: study
The Effect of Spending Cuts on Teen Pregnancy” analyzed data in England before and after contraceptive-based sex-ed expenditures were slashed — cuts that were criticized by liberals and praised by Christians Researchers David Paton of Nottingham University Business School and Liam Wright of the School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield led the study, published in The Journal of Health Economics. England has been forced to make severe cuts in recent years to its budget, including tax funds for sex-ed in schools and free birth control. The study sought to “examine the impact of reductions in…
PCOS: Is the Pill the Only Answer?
I remember in my early training that the first question to ask a patient with polycystic ovary syndrome was: “Are you trying to get pregnant?” If no, hand them the birth control pill. If yes, choose between clomid, a fertility drug, and metformin, an insulin sensitizer. No questions related to lifestyle, stress, nutrition, total toxic burden – there were 29 more patients to get to that day. It turns out, many lifestyle changes have been shown to pull someone out of the metabolic chaos of PCOS, therefore decreasing their chances of developing comorbidities such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, sleep…
Pro-Life Philippines condemns Php 3,000 PhilHealth allocation for contraceptive implant package
Philhealth’s Subdermal Contraceptive Package as given in PhilHealth Circular No. 38 Series of 2015 In a recent interview in Vertitas, Pro-Life Philippines President Eric Manalang condemned PhilHealth Circular No. 38 of 2015 mandating the allocation of Php 3,000 for subdermal contraceptive implant package for Filipino women. This package covers the following: Consultation and counseling prior to the procedure Performance of the procedure including professional fee and use of the facility Medicine and supplies including the contraceptive implant Follow-up and counseling after the procedure “Itong gagawin ng PhilHealth ay labag sa batas,” said Eric Manalang who is also the founding president of…
Misleading – RH law budget cut
A LAW EACH DAY(Keeps Trouble Away) By Jose C. Sison (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 15, 2016 – 12:00am Advocates of the RH law are up in arms because of the budget cut for contraceptives amounting to P1.315 billion. They accused some Senators particularly Vicente Sotto and Loren Legarda of sabotage, for reducing the funds to be utilized by the DOH for family planning. They say that the reduction is a serious step backward for Filipino women and low income families. They point out that unintended pregnancies in the Philippines grew by 50 percent due to unavailability modern contraceptive services. But…
Written Comments of Pro-life Phils. on the Abortifacient Operations of Listed Contraceptives
Attached is a manuscript copy of the Written Comments of Pro-life Philippines to oppose the Re-certification of contraceptives by the FDA. These were filed October 8, in the FDA. (http://www.gov.ph/public-consult/request-for-comments-on-the-re-certification-of-contraceptive-drugs/) CLICK THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE
