New Contraceptive to Eliminate Periods
by Communications
[4.20.2007]
"We don't want to confront our bodily functions anymore," Andrist said. "We're too busy."
This is fantastically stupid.
International Herald Tribune
For many women, a birth control pill that eliminated monthly menstruation might seem a welcome milestone.
But many also view their periods as fundamental symbols of fertility and health, researchers have found. Rather than loathing their periods, women evidently carry on complex love-hate relationships with them.
This ambivalence is one reason that a decision to be made by the Food and Drug Administration next month has engendered controversy in the United States.
The agency is expected to approve the first contraceptive pill that is designed to eliminate periods as long as a woman takes it. Doctors say they know of no extra risk to the new regimen, but some women are uneasy about the idea.
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Well I should hope they're uneasy! Medicine aside, you can draw plenty of conclusions using bare common sense. Our bodies do certain things for certain reasons. Treating these functions as if they're a problem can only end badly. What if I decide that I spend far too much of my day using the restroom. Ought they to manufacture a drug that will allow my body to resorb waste? Are we to expect that to bear no repercussions?
This whole idea is outrageous. I'm speechless.
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