Gospel of Life Society
The Pro-Life Heartbeat of CT!

Dear Colleague:

We cordially invite you to our seminar on Saturday,  Jan 17, 2009, 11:30 AM-4:30 PM  to introduce you to FertilityCare which is an all-natural system of treatments for the “full spectrum of women’s health issues” and pregnancy planning.  We have been impressed with the high success rates of treatments and abilities to quickly cure conditions often treated as chronic or incurable (such as infertility).  Built on solid NaProTECHNOLOGY research, advanced by Thomas Hilgers M.D. since 1976 and producing abundant referrals, it is fast becoming a service that more doctors are offering to their discriminating patients.  

Published success rates include (80-85% vs 30-35% for IVF) and for pregnancy postponement (98.7-99.9% method effectiveness and 96.8% use effectiveness). 

Benefits to Doctors:

Uses all-natural fertility care methods:  Begin to add natural alternatives to your practice for birth control, IVF, hormonal conditions, and for the numbers of women who are seeking low-risk and low-cost alternatives that are also highly reliable. 

Offload your workload: Trained practitioners  offer your patients individualized attention, pregnancy management counseling, and manage all records.  See:   http://www.fertilitycare.org/teacher.htm   

Provide fast and complete treatments to more women:  For the full range of female issues, from simple to complex – use a full range of pre-integrated techniques from intensive hormonal to advanced surgical --
for abnormalities such as blocked fallopian tubes, pelvic adhesions, & endometriosis.  

Use standardized tools and methods: Patient records and charts can be transferred, understood, and shared by doctors throughout the world.  See testimonials at  http://www.fertilitycare.org/women.htm

Use to Expand Your Practice:

Target and successfully treat patients such as those:

• Seeking attractive success rates like (80-85% for infertility).
• With chronic conditions such as infertility ( http://www.aafcp.org/infertility.html) or repetitive miscarriages http://www.aafcp.org/miscarriage.html.
  Searching for a natural birth planning system with consistently high success rates  
• Suffering from chronic PMS.  PMS can be detected even when patients fail to report symptoms.
• With low libido – a growing female problem.  Women of all demographics are beginning to seek help.
• Women who are candidates for cervical cancer – tendencies can be recognized.
• Women who are alienated against contraceptives due to risks or for religious beliefs representing a large percentage of the career women and older.   
• Women who prefer a “mostly green” medical approach – which is becoming popular now.
  

We hope you will come to our seminar and gain a better understanding of this successful model for today’s practices.   Please see  http://www.fertilitycare.org/references.htm to view a vast library of published findings.  Developed by Thomas Hilgers, M.D., FertilityCare research is conducted in the US and UK, is accredited by the AmericanAcademy of FertilityCare Professionals, and carries endorsements from the Catholic Medical Association.
 
 Sincerely,
 Leonie S. Watson M.D., Robert F. Scanlon, M.D., OB/GYN 
 TRI-STATE MEDICAL TEAM                                                                         

For Advance Sign Up  or Questions:
Dorothy Dugandzic, CFCP, 914 476-4858.  Fee:  $45

GOOD NEWS Seminar!

New Natural OB/GYN Methods for Today’s
“Hybrid” Practices
By Doctors–For Doctors!

Saturday, Jan 17, 2009
Register to Reserve a Seat:   $45.00.  11:30 after 10:30 Mass. To 4:30.
Advance Sign Up:  Dorothy Dugandzic, CFCP, 914 476-4858
The Tri-State Medical Group & Hosted by the Sisters of Life,  Location:  The Villa Maria Guadalupe Retreat Center, 159 Sky Meadow Dr.,  Stamford,  CT, 06903

                                
For OB/GYNs,  Family Dr’s, Internists, Nurses, and Surgeons.  Also welcome -- anyone interested in teaching the system or knowing more about it. 
     
Presenting the FertilityCare system to care for the full spectrum of women’s health issues, assist women and couples to maintain their fertility throughout all stages of their reproductive lives, and manage pregnancies.  Doctors will discuss practices, techniques, verify benefits and share how their expanded practices increase patient satisfaction, loyalty, and referrals:

• All “Natural” method of female care – no side effects
• Low-cost system of fertility care – from monitoring to birth
• Validated 80-85% success rate for infertility cures (vs. 30-35% for IVF).
• High reliability pregnancy postponement (competitive 98.7-99.9% method effectiveness)*
• Nationally standardized charting-diagnostic tools        
• Sophisticated techniques for early pre-cancer detection (before indicators in blood).
• Integrated multi-discipline techniques quickly address “causes” & the “whole person”  
    

 
        *[A Meta Analysis of Perspective Studies, J Repro. Med. 43: 495-502, June 1998.]  

For information on the Creighton Model,  which is the most scientific of  the models offered, please visit the below sites.

http://www.fertilitycare.org/ (general info)

http://www.creightonmodel.com/  (medical)

http://www.naprotechnology.com/ (medical)

http://www.popepaulvi.com/ (best on programs & training)

http://www.aafcp.org/  (for professional members of the academy)
 

http://www.omsoul.com/one-more-soul-publications.php

Brochure: 
Alternatives to the pill
By Lili Cote de Bejarano, MD, MPH

The Pill has become a popular contraceptive method and is currently used by over 11 million women in the United States. According to a recent report of the Guttmacher Institute, teenagers and women in their 20s prefer to use the Pill over other contraceptive methods.1 “The Pill” actually refers to synthetic female hormones in pill form. Other ways to deliver contraceptive hormones have been marketed such as shots, vaginal rings, patches, implants, and intrauterine devices (IUDs). Over 100 million women worldwide use contraceptive hormones in one of these forms.2 Regardless of the method of delivery, hormonal contraceptives have similar effects on women’s bodies. The Pill is sometimes prescribed for medical conditions such as acne, irregular cycles, menstrual pain, painful periods, endometriosis, and other gynecological conditions. For most of these conditions, the Pill is only treating the woman’s symptoms, while her underlying medical problem—the cause of the symptoms—remains unaddressed and undiagnosed.

WHY DO WE NEED ALTERNATIVES TO THE PILL?
Hormonal contraceptives, including the Pill, have been associated with a number of health problems, social problems, and ethical problems.

Health Problems: The Pill was developed in the mid-1950s to reduce pregnancy rates. In the original trials of the Pill in Puerto Rico, three women died, but this deadly effect of the Pill was ignored.3 In the late 1960s, many people became greatly agitated regarding deaths and illnesses caused by the Pill; this led to the development of lower-dose combined oral contraceptives and the mini-pill. Even with these lower doses, studies continue to be published indicating that the Pill causes women’s deaths every year. These studies typically conclude that the Pill’s benefits for women greatly outweigh its hazards.4 Various studies have linked hormonal contraceptives to a wide variety of life-threatening conditions, including heart disease, stroke, blood clots, liver cancer, a variety of female cancers, and depression.5 Other illnesses such as migraine, moodiness, and weight gain have also been associated with the use of hormonal contraceptives. Synthetic hormones can impair the normal function of the cervix, even years after discontinuing the Pill, causing temporary and sometimes permanent infertility.6 Recent research has highlighted another action of the Pill. It suppresses androgens in a woman’s body, resulting in suppression of her sexual desire (libido). This effect has been shown to persist after the Pill is discontinued, and may be permanent.7

Social Problems: The Pill also appears to have serious social effects. The time period in which society became saturated with the Pill coincides with a huge increase in divorce rates and other major changes in patterns of sexual relationships, collectively known as the “sexual revolution.” Thus use of the Pill appears to have very serious negative consequences for marriage, family development, and the quality of child rearing.8 Also, more than half of the women who request abortions report that they were using a contraceptive in the month they got pregnant,9 which indicates a strong connection between contraception and abortion.

Ethical Problems: Pregnancy and childbirth do occur among women using the Pill, which shows that it does not always prevent ovulation or fertilization. The effectiveness of the Pill (in preventing observable pregnancy) is achieved in part by destruction of new human lives prior to implantation in the womb.10 For many women this is a very serious ethical concern. The serious health, social, and ethical concerns associated with Pill use must be weighed carefully in any decision for its use, whether for birth control or for medical conditions such as premenstrual syndrome (PMS), acne, or endometriosis. Fortunately, effective alternative treatments are available.

NOTE: While this pamphlet will introduce some of these alternatives and will describe some common medical conditions, it is not meant to be a diagnosis or treatment tool, and should not replace the advice of a physician. Rather, its intent is to inform and assist women in speaking to health care professionals.

IRREGULAR CYCLES
This refers to abnormal quantity, frequency, duration, or regularity of vaginal bleeding in the absence of medical illness or pregnancy. In most cases this is related to changes in hormonal levels. Normally in each cycle, a woman’s ovary releases an ovum (egg). If the ovary does not release the ovum, hormone levels change, causing unexpected bleeding. This problem is common near the beginning and the end of a woman’s reproductive life, in athletes, obese women and in women using mini-pills or contraceptive injections.11

What Does The Pill Do For It?
Oral contraceptives suppress normal menstrual bleeding. Some varieties of the Pill are packed in monthly dispensers that include a few days of “placebos” (pills that contain no medication). When a woman takes the placebos, she has “withdrawal bleeding,” a reaction to a change in hormones. This bleeding is typically not as heavy or as long as menstrual bleeding. Some varieties of the Pill include no placebos, and so there is irregular bleeding or none at all. Also, new contraceptive pills have been developed to decrease the number of menstrual cycles to four in a year with no normal monthly bleeding.

Alternatives
The first task should be to identify and correct the underlying condition causing the irregular bleeding. If there is an imbalance of hormones, a healthy diet, healthy weight, stress reduction, sufficient sleep and rest, and moderate exercise are lifestyle changes that could help improve hormonal balance. For example, a woman who has lost a significant amount of weight and now has an extremely low body fat percentage may need to gain five or ten pounds for her cycle to resume. A teenager involved in regular strenuous exercise, such as team sports, may want to wait until the season is over and her exercise level has decreased to see if menstruation comes back on its own. For severe bleeding due to hormonal imbalance, supplemental estradiol and/or progesterone may be needed.12

ACNE
Acne is a common localized skin inflammation resulting from over-activity of the oil glands and hair follicles under the stimulation of hormones called androgens (principally testosterone). Bacteria, feeding on excess oil under the skin, produce irritating substances, causing the inflammation.

What Does The Pill Do For It?
The Pill causes a decrease of free testosterone. This in turn can reduce the outbreak of acne since in some cases it is testosterone that causes the oil glands to be overactive.13

Alternatives
Treatment will depend on the severity of the acne. Alternatives range from non-prescription topical antimicrobials, such as Benzoyl Peroxide, to prescription treatments such as topical retinoids, adapalene, topical antibiotics, and oral antibiotics such as minocycline, amoxicillin, or trimetropin-sulfamethoxazole.14 A medication called Spironolactone, originally developed for the treatment of high blood pressure, has been used for the treatment of acne for its ability to block testosterone. Brewer’s yeast is a rich source of chromium, which is believed to improve acne,15 and, for severe cases, the last resort is Accutane, a potent form of vitamin A.16

PAINFUL PERIODS (dysmenorrhea)
Painful cramps accompanying menstruation may result from a recognizable disease, or may occur in a woman who is otherwise healthy. The pain is due to inflammation and spastic contractions of the uterus caused by prostaglandins.
What Does The Pill Do For It?
Oral contraceptives can relieve menstrual pain by reducing prostaglandin levels.

Alternatives
If some disease process is the cause of menstrual pain, it is important to identify it and treat it appropriately. Masking the symptoms without appropriate diagnostic work could lead to more severe illness later on.

For menstrual pain occurring when no disease is diagnosed,
there are a wide variety of treatments. Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are the first-choice, if not contraindicated.17 Vitamin B1 (thiamine) is shown to be an effective treatment for dysmenorrhea, taken at 100 mg daily.18 Some studies suggest that magnesium can relieve the pain related to dysmenorrhea.18 Some natural alternatives are aerobic exercise, dietary changes such as decreasing intake of animal fats, and use of omega 3-6 fatty acids and evening primrose oil.12

ENDOMETRIOSIS
Endometriosis is a condition in which bits of tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (endometrium) grow in other parts of the body. This tissue may continue to react to the hormones produced during a woman’s monthly cycle and can cause severe pain, especially during menstruation, as well as infertility, heavy menstrual bleeding, and pain during intercourse, urination, and bowel movements.

What Does The Pill Do For It?
The hormones in the Pill replace the hormones produced in a normal monthly cycle and cause much less change in the tissue of the womb, apparently including such tissue located in other parts of the body. Treatment with the Pill relieves endometriosis-associated pain in 75-80% of patients, but recurrence upon discontinuation of therapy is common. Generally the Pill is considered less effective than other hormonal treatments and Danazol. There is no evidence that the use of the Pill for endometriosis improves fertility.19

Alternatives
NSAIDs may alleviate the symptoms. Hormonal treatment with Danazol or Lupron may also relieve pelvic pain associated with endometriosis.12 Autoimmune therapies have shown some promise.20 Ultimately, however, the treatment for endometriosis is surgical removal of the displaced tissue.21

POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (PCOS)
PCOS is a disease involving great overdevelopment of cysts in the ovaries. It is associated with high levels of testosterone (a hormone which is present in all women, but in lower levels than men), anovulation (the absence of ovulation), and high insulin levels or insulin resistance. Some symptoms include excess facial and body hair (a condition called hirsutism), acne, obesity, irregular menstrual cycles, and infertility.

What Does The Pill Do For It?
The Pill causes suppression of androgen secretion by the ovaries and an increase in the level of circulating sex hormone binding globulin.22 This reduces the amount of available testosterone and can relieve the symptoms. Progestins in hormonal contraceptives may increase insulin resistance.

Alternatives
Weight loss and exercise are important lifestyle changes in the treatment of PCOS. Weight loss and the use of insulin-sensitizing agents have been beneficial in improving the frequency of ovulation in women with PCOS.22 Metformin (a drug used to treat diabetes) induces ovulation in many insulin-resistant and obese women with PCOS.23 For hirsutism, Spironolactone may be used,24 as well as certain topical treatments.

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS)
PMS refers to a group of symptoms often occurring during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (the 10-16 days between ovulation and menstruation). Symptoms can include headaches/migraines, irritability, food cravings, breast tenderness, weight gain, anxiety, diarrhea, feelings of being overwhelmed, and sadness. PMS is also associated with a worsening of preexisting medical conditions including asthma, arthritis, skin disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, and psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and substance abuse.

What Does The Pill Do For It?
Oral contraceptives replace the normal fertility/menstrual cycle with a very different cycle controlled by synthetic hormones. Some symptoms of PMS may be relieved with this treatment, but others may be worsened.

Alternatives
A wide variety of vitamin, mineral, and herbal treatments have been suggested for PMS. Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) has been recommended in the treatment of PMS.25 Magnesium may help with reduction in water retention and improvement in mood. It is known that magnesium has anti-prostaglandin effects.26 A high intake of calcium and vitamin D may reduce symptoms of PMS.27 Calcium and vitamin D may also reduce the risk of osteoporosis and some cancers. Tryptophan used during the late luteal phase of the menstrual cycle is therapeutic in patients with premenstrual mood disorder.28 Evening primrose oil may relieve breast tenderness.29

BIRTH CONTROL/CONTRACEPTION
“Birth control” is any means used to prevent sexual intercourse from resulting in childbirth, including contraception, abortion, and sterilization. Contraception is any means intended to prevent sexual intercourse from resulting in conception or pregnancy. The term “contraception,” however is often used to refer to methods, such as the Pill and the IUD, which sometimes fail to prevent conception and owe much of their effectiveness to destruction of human life after conception.30

How Does The Pill Work As A Contraceptive?
The Pill inhibits, but does not always prevent ovulation. The Pill also reduces the likelihood of conception by thickening the cervical mucus, which inhibits sperm movement. In addition, the Pill decreases the thickness and quality of the lining of the womb so that if fertilization/conception occurs, the newly conceived human being, in the form of an embryo, is much less likely to implant in the womb. By this means, the Pill causes abortions.

Alternatives
Common alternatives to the Pill, such as condoms, spermicidal substances, cervical caps, withdrawal, or sterilization, are associated with many health, social, and/or ethical problems.
There are, however, methods of family planning, commonly called “Natural Family Planning,” or “NFP,” which are medically safe and which, by all available evidence, have none of the associated social or ethical problems mentioned above.31 Unlike birth control, NFP does not separate sexual intercourse from procreation. Also, modern methods of NFP (developed since 1950) are as effective as the Pill. NFP involves the woman becoming aware of her personal signs of fertility. On the days on which she is fertile (about 100 hours per monthly cycle), she and her husband decide whether they wish to achieve or postpone pregnancy at that time. This level of communication reportedly has a strong positive effect on their relationship. An incidental benefit of NFP is that it is nearly cost-free.

WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO THE PILL?
Many women have found that physicians who have chosen not to prescribe hormonal birth control and instead have familiarized themselves with Natural Family Planning (NFP) are very knowledgeable in the diagnosis and treatment of medical issues involving the menstrual cycle. A database, searchable by state and zip code, of these physicians can be found at www.OMSoul.com. This database also lists a number of organizations that promote NFP and many of the teachers of NFP in the United States. NFP teachers help women learn a method of NFP. This can be helpful for women, not only as a family planning method, but also for understanding the workings of their reproductive system. There are a number of national organizations that promote NFP. A set of links for many of these organizations can be found on the One More Soul web site at www.omsoul.com/nfp-links.php.

REFERENCES
1. Facts on contraceptive use. Guttmacher Institute. Retrieved on Mar 20, 2008 from www.guttmacher.org.
2. World Contraceptive Use 2001 wall chart. United Nations Population Division, 2002.
3. Grant E. The Bitter Pill: How Safe Is the “Perfect Contraceptive”? 1985; 19.
4. Estimates of mortality from contraceptive use. Retrieved on Apr 7, 2008 from http://www.pdr.net/druginformation/DocumentSearchn_Local.aspx?documentId=90403950&drugname =Lybrel%20Tablets.
5. Kahlenborn C. Breast Cancer, Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill. 2000.
6. Hume K. Effects of contraceptive medication on the cervix. The Biology of the Cervix. Retrieved on Apr 11, 2008 from http://www.billings-ovulation method.org/omrrca/bulletin/vol25/no2/effects.shtml.
7. Panzer C, et al. Impact of oral contraceptives on sex hormone-binding globulin and androgen levels: a retrospective study in women with sexual dysfunction. J Sex Med 2006 Jan; 3(1):104-113.
8. Laumann EO, Michael, RT (eds). Sex Love and Health in America: Private Choices and Public Policies. 2001; 46-49.
9. Jones RK, et al. Contraceptive use among US women having abortions in 2000-2001. Perspect Sex Repro H. 2002; 34(6):294-303.
10. Larimore W, Stanford J. Postfertilization effects of oral contraceptives and their relationship to informed consent. Arch Fam Med. 2000; 9:126-133.
11. Benson & Pernoll’s Handbook of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2001; 735-738.
12. Davenport M. Rethinking Reproductive Medicine. 2003.
13. Arowojolu AO, et al. Combined oral contraceptive pills for treatment of acne. Cochrane Database of Syst Rev. 2004.
14. Turowski CB, James WD. The efficacy and safety of amoxicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and spironolactone for treatment-resistant acne vulgaris. Adv Dermatol. 2007; 23:155-163.
15. Trickey R. Women, Hormones, and the Menstrual Cycle: Herbal and Medical Solutions from Adolescence to Menopause. 2004.
16. Retrieved on Apr 18, 2008 from http://www.pdr.net/druginformation/DocumentSearchn_Local.aspx?documentId
=69200150&drugname=Accutane%20Capsules.
17. Marjoribanks J. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for primary dysmenorrhoea. Cochrane Database of Syst Rev. 2003; Issue 4.
18. Dennehy C. The use of herbs and dietary supplements in gynecology: an evidence-based review. J Midwifery Wom Heal. 2006; 51(6):402-409.
19. Vercellini P, et al. Cyproterone acetate versus a continuous monophasic oral contraceptive in the treatment of recurrent pelvic pain after conservative surgery for symptomatic endometriosis. Fertil Steril. 2002; 77:52-61.
20. Nothnick WB. Treating endometriosis as an autoimmune disease. Fertil Steril. 2001 Aug; 76(2):223-231.
21. Hilgers T. The Medical and Surgical Practice of Napro-Technology. 2004 Jul; 404.
22. Schroeder B. Practice guidelines: ACOG releases guidelines on diagnosis and management of polycystic ovary syndrome. Am Fam Physician. 2003 Apr; 67(7).
23. Stadtmauer L, Oehninger S. Management of infertility in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a practical guide. Treatments in Endocrinology. 2005; 4(5):279-292.
24. Farquhar C, et al. Spironolactone versus placebo or in combination with steroids for hirsutism and/or acne. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003; Issue 4.
25. Kashanian M, et al. Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) therapy for pre-menstrual syndrome. Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2007 Jan; 96(1):43-44.
26. Stevenson C, Ernst E. Complementary/alternative therapies for premenstrual syndrome: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001; 185:227-235.
27. Bertone-Johnson, ER, et al. Calcium and vitamin D intake and risk of incident premenstrual syndrome. Arch Intern Med. 2005; 165:1246-1252.
28. Steinberg S, et al. A placebo-controlled clinical trial of l-tryptophan in premenstrual dysphoria. Biol Psychiat. 1999; 45(3):313-320.
29. PDR for non-prescription drugs, dietary supplements, and herbs: the definitive guide to OTC medications. (Physicians Desk Reference, 29th ed) 2008, 425.
30. Stanford J. Mechanism of action of intrauterine devices: update and estimation of postfertilization effects. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Dec; 187(6).
31. Wilson M. Love and Fertility. 2005; 85.
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Problems associated with Hormonal Birth Control
http://www.omsoul.com/one-more-soul-publications.php
By Mario Maldonado, MD (Endocrinologist),  Edward Bernardo, MD (Family Physician),  Michael Fragoso, MD (Pediatrician), and Fr. Juan R. Vélez, MD (former Internist)

Health Problems Associated with Hormonal Birth Control

Oral birth control (and all other hormonal birth control—HBC) is typically used to prevent pregnancy, but is sometimes prescribed for other medical conditions. HBC causes many potential adverse effects: medical, social and spiritual. The vast majority of HBC prescriptions are given by physicians to healthy women, including adolescents with no known disease. These women are prescribed hormonal birth control for one reason—to prevent the completely normal condition of pregnancy.
Since all medications have potentially unwanted side effects, some of them serious, it is important that a physician weigh the risks and benefits when prescribing any medication. It follows that it is unethical to expose healthy women to health risks in order to prevent a normal condition. This is particularly true given the fact that there are alternative family planning methods, such as Natural Family Planning (NFP), which have no side effects when used correctly.  As physicians, we do not prescribe hormonal birth control. The medical reasons for this decision are as follows.
HBC Treats Women’s Fertility and Childbearing as a Disease
Although there can be legitimate medical and personal reasons for avoiding pregnancy, female fertility and the possibility of pregnancy itself are not diseases, and therefore do not need a pill (or patch, shot, IUD) for “treatment.”
HBC Causes Abortion
When HBC fails to suppress ovulation and other mechanisms of action in a sexually active woman, conception may occur. HBC interferes with the implantation of a new human being by reducing the thickness of the lining of the uterus and altering implantation molecules and factors. Typical low dose HBC formulations only prevent the release of the female egg in about 65-75% of cycles.1,2 For this reason, pregnancy, and subsequent chemical abortion, is possible on average every third cycle.
HBC Contributes to an Anti-Life Mentality
HBC (whether the Pill, patch, IUD or Shot) underpins the practice of abortion. People unwittingly conclude: “If birth control fails, abortion is the solution.” A nation-wide survey indicated that 54% of the women who had an abortion were using birth control the month before.3
HBC Increases the Risk of Breast Cancer
Women face an increased risk of developing breast cancer while taking HBC and for at least ten years after the use of HBC is stopped. If the Pill is taken before a woman’s first pregnancy, there is a 44% increased risk of breast cancer.4,5
HBC Increases the Risk of Blood Clots to the Lung
Although the increased risk is small, it is significant because it is a side effect of an unnecessary medication prescribed to healthy women. The risk is highest for HBC-using women who are overweight, smoke, or who are over 35 years of age.6
HBC Causes a Continuous Change in Healthy Body Metabolism
HBC can produce migraine headaches, weight increase, moodiness, and loss of libido. It contributes to early increased bone loss.7 It is associated with infertility after prolonged use, and even to some extent with short-term use.
HBC Increases the Incidence of Uterine Cervix Cancer
The use of HBC is associated with a significant increase in cancer of the cervix.8 It is likely that this is caused by infection with Human Papiloma Virus (HPV) which issexually transmitted since a considerable number of women who use HBC have a higher rate of sexually transmitted diseases due to sexual relations outside of marriage.
HBC Increases the Risk of Liver Tumors
There is some evidence that oral birth control increases the risk of certain benign and malignant liver tumors.9
HBC Increases the Risk of Heart Attacks
Both the first and second generation oral birth control formulations have been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks (myocardial infarctions) and ischemic strokes.10 The third generation oral birth control pills are associated with increased risk in ischemic stroke.11

Harmful Effects of HBC on Marriage and Society
Hormonal birth control fosters the mentality that men and women are incapable of self-control and are thus not able to abstain from sexual intercourse. The introduction of HBC was the catalyst for the sexual revolution with dramatic increases in premarital sex, adultery, divorce, abortion, and out-of-wedlock births. HBC has had an indirect role in the dramatic increase in single-parent families, poverty and associated social ills in the U.S.12,13
Natural Family Planning Is Just as Effective as Hormonal Birth Control in Preventing the Birth of a Child
NFP is free of the harmful side effects to women and families, and when used for just and serious reasons NFP can be very good for married couples.14
References
1. Chowdhury V, et al. Escape ovulation in women due to the missing of low dose combination oral contraceptive pills. Contraception. 1980; 22(3):241-247.
2. Baerwald AR, et al. Effects of oral contraceptives administered at defined stages of ovarian follicular development. Fertil Steril. 2006 Jul; 86(1):27-35. Epub 2006 Jun 9.
3. RK Jones, et al. Contraceptive use among U.S. women having abortions in 2000-2001. Perspec Sex Reprod Health. 2002; 34(6):294-303.
4. Kahlenborn C. Breast Cancer, Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill. 2000.
5. Kahlenborn C, et al. Oral contraceptive use as a risk factor for pre-menopausal breast cancer: a meta-analysis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006; 81(10):1290-1302.
6. Poulter NR. Risk of fatal pulmonary embolism with oral contraceptives. Lancet. 2000; 355(9221):2088.
7. Wooltorton E. Medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera) and bone mineral density loss. CMAJ. 2005 Mar 15; 172(6):746. Epub 2005 Mar 2.
8. Smith J., Cervical Cancer and use of hormonal contraceptives: a systemic review, Lancet, 2003; 361:1159-1167.
9. Giannitrapani L, et al. Sex hormones and risk of liver tumor. Ann NY Acad Sci, 2006 Nov; 1089:228-236.
10. Tanis BC, et. al. Oral contraceptives and the risk of myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2001; 345(25):1787-1793.
11. Baillargeon JP, et al. Association between the current use of low dose oral contraceptives and cardiovascular arterial disease: a meta-analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005; 90(7):3863-3870.
12. Akerlof GA, et al. An analysis of out-of-wedlock childbearing in the United States. Q J Econ. 1996 May; 111(2):277-317. 13. Akerlof GA. Men without children. Econ J. 1998 Mar; 108(447):287-309.
14. Hilgers TW, Standford JB. The use effectiveness to avoid pregnancy of Creighton model naproeducation technology: a meta-analysis of prospective trials.