2011 PRO-LIFE, ANTI-RH RESOURCE LIST 1


PART I: 4 ONLINE BOOKS AND 21 ARTICLES DEBUNKING THE OVERPOPULATION MYTH:

1. THE POPULATION IMPLOSION

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0029.html

2. THE POPULATION DUD

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0035.html

3. THE GLOBAL BABY BUST

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0044.htm

4. THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE 2: PEOPLE, MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENT

http://www.juliansimon.com/writings/Ultimate_Resource/

5. POWER AND POPULATION IN ASIA

http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/6298

6. DRUNKEN NATION: RUSSIA'S DEPOPULATION BOMB

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/articles/2009-Spring/full-Eberstadt.html

7. RUSSIA'S GREAT LEAP DOWNWARDS

http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/2009/17/eberstadt&shah.php

8. WORLD POPULATION COLLAPSE: LESSONS FOR THE PHILIPPINES

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/gas/gas_01populationcollapse.html

9. OVERPOPULATION?

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kas/kas_01overpopulation.html

10. THE KISSINGER REPORT- 2004 A RETROSPECTIVE ON NSSM 200

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/clo/Kissinger_Report_2004.pdf

11. TOO MANY PEOPLE?

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0001.html

12. TOO MANY PEOPLE? NOT BY A LONG SHOT

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0012.html

13. THE BOMB THAT FIZZLED

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0013.html

14. THE BARRENNESS OF SUCCESS

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0026.html

15. THE POPULATION BOMB THAT FIZZLED

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0028.html

16. OUR VANISHING ULTIMATE RESOURCE

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0046.htm

17. ECOLOGY AND POPULATION

PART 1:

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/vale/vale_03ecology1.html

PART 2:

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/vale/vale_03ecology2.html

18. PHILIPPINES' PRO-LIFE OPTION VINDICATED

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/vale/vale_06rpdemographics.html

19. A NEW PARADIGM FOR DEMOGRAPHY

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/vale/vale_09newparadigm.html

20. WHERE HAVE ALL THE CHILDREN GONE?

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0039.html

21. SCARCITY OR ABUNDANCE? A DEBATE ON THE ENVIRONMENT

http://www.juliansimon.com/writings/Norton/

22. IT'S (PAST) TIME TO END POPULATION CONTROL

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=3123&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=662520

23. OUR DEMOGRAPHIC WINTER....40 YEARS AFTER HUMANAE VITAE

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=8298&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=662520

24. EXCERPTS FROM STEVEN MOSHER'S LATEST BOOK AGAINST POPULATION CONTROL (2008), IN FIVE PARTS:

PART 1:

http://www.pop.org/content/white-pestilence-808

PART 2:

http://www.pop.org/content/malthusian-delusion-816

PART 3:

http://www.pop.org/content/chinese-model-817

PART 4:

http://www.pop.org/content/case-nigeria-818

PART 5:

http://www.pop.org/content/human-rights-reproductive-wrongs-819

25. HANDBOOK ON POPULATION - FIFTH EDITION by ROBERT SASSONE

http://worldlifeleague.org/po03.htm


PART II: 10 VIDEOS: THE PILL KILLS BABIES, WOMEN TAKING THEM, AND THE ENVIRONMENT


THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL KILLS BABIES: YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON ABORTIFACIENTS:

1. STOPP PLANNED PARENTHOOD DIRECTOR SAYS THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL KILLS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VntDXVBNVw

2. THE PILL KILLS BABIES:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwUe4Lk-yUI

WEBSITE: www.thepillkills.com

3. THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL BY 28DAYSONTHEPILL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvWFJ7ExbTY

4. HOW THE "PILL" WORKS AS AN ABORTIFACIENT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiCU46_lWeE

5. ABORTIFACIENT CONTRACEPTIVES:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4DDATj5M4s

6. DR. PAUL CARPENTIER DISCUSSES HOW THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL KILLS WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmZkeI3pq5A

7. HOW THE PILL KILLS BABIES, WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBH_jjHpu2Y&feature=channel

THE PILL ALSO KILLS WOMEN TAKING THEM:

8. DR. LYNN KERR DISCUSSES THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL AND THE DAMAGING EFFECTS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7sGtYj7zWo&feature=related

9. DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF THE PILL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81thnwuerI4&NR=1

THE PILL ALSO KILLS THE ENVIRONMENT:

10. THE PILL'S HARMFUL EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKh0PUIL6RM&NR=1



PART III: 20 ARTICLES / STUDIES: CANCER RISKS FROM THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL

1. THE PILL AND BREAST CANCER by JOHN WILKS, MPS, MACPP:

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/wilks/wilks_02pillcancer.html

2. BREAST CANCER RISK FROM THE PILL by CHRIS KAHLENBORN, MD:

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kah/kah_19breastcancerpill.html

3. BREAST CANCER, ABORTION AND THE PILL by CHRIS KAHLENBORN, MD:

http://onemoresoul.com/contraception/risks-consequences/breast-cancer-abortion-and-the-pill.html

4. NEW STUDY PINPOINTS ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE-BREAST CANCER LINK by JOEL BRIND, PH.D.:

http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/download/Brind_Dolle_2009_analysis.PDF

5. ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE AS A RISK FACTOR FOR PREMENOPAUSAL BREAST CANCER by KAHLENBORN, MD., MODUGNO, PH.D., POTTER, PH.D., SEVERS, PH.D.:

http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/81/10/1290.full.pdf+html?sid=020bb6e9-cf26-45df-8b8b-2b9a1be2528d

6. BREAST CANCER AND EARLY ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE by CHRIS KAHLENBORN, MD:

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kah/kah_10chap8canabor1.html

7. THE PILL: "THE LARGEST UNREGULATED HUMAN TRIAL THAT'S EVER BEEN CONDUCTED":

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2006/mar/06030705

8. SURGEON: BIRTH CONTROL PILL A 'MOLOTOV COCKTAIL' FOR BREAST CANCER:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/surgeon-birth-control-pill-a-molotov-cocktail-for-breast-cancer/

9. THE REASONS HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND INDUCED ABORTION INCREASE BREAST-CANCER RISK by DR. ANGELA LANFRANCHI:

http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/download/LQ_76_3_2_Lanfranchi.pdf

10. BIRTH CONTROL PILL LINKED TO HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2008/apr/08040807

11. CANADIAN MP SAYS CANCER SOCIETY WITHHOLDING PILL/CANCER/LINK:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2006/mar/06031707

12. CONTRACEPTIVE PILL LINKED TO CERVICAL CANCER:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2003/apr/03040405

13. BIRTH CONTROL PILL MAY CAUSE PROSTATE CANCER AND BLADDER DISEASE IN MOTHERS' CHILDREN:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2005/may/05050411

14. ORAL CONTRACEPTION LINKED TO PROSTATE DEFORMITIES (IN MOTHERS' CHILDREN):

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7333

15. NEW STUDY SHOWS CONTRACEPTIVE PILL INCREASES RISK OF HEART DISEASE, STROKE:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2008/may/08050713

16. SIDE EFFECTS OF THE PILL:

http://www.thepillkills.com/sideeffects.php

17. THE PILL IS DEADLY TO BABIES AND WOMEN:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/1999/jan/99011203

18. EFFECTS OF THE PILL ON WOMEN 1:

http://www.thepillkills.com/pillkills_2.php

19. EFFECTS OF THE PILL ON WOMEN 2:

http://www.thepillkills.com/pillkills_3.php

20. J&J PAID $68 MILLION TO SETTLE BIRTH CONTROL CASES:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=amZT0X84_8zU&refer=home



PART IV: 30 ARTICLES AGAINST CONTRACEPTION

1. CONTRACEPTION

http://www.aodonline.org/aodonline-sqlimages/shms/faculty/SmithJanet/Publications/HumanaeVitae/Contraception.pdf

2. THE CONTRACEPTIVE MENTALITY

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=3417&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

3. HUMANAE VITAE TODAY

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=6796&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

4. HUMANAE VITAE AT FORTY

http://www.hprweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79%3Ahumanae-vitae-at-forty&catid=35%3Aolder-articles&Itemid=54

5. HOW CONTRACEPTION DESTROYS LOVE

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0142.htm

6. CONTRACEPTION: FATAL TO THE FAITH

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=5789&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

7. CAN CONTRACEPTING COUPLES TEACH THEIR CHILDREN CHASTITY?

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=7190&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

8. PROMOTING HUMANAE VITAE AND NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING IN THE PARISH

http://www.aodonline.org/aodonline-sqlimages/shms/faculty/SmithJanet/Publications/HumanaeVitae/PromotingHumanaeVitaeandNaturalFamilyPlanning.pdf

9. INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE ABOUT CONTRACEPTION

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=7093&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

10. CONTRACEPTION - THE BITTER PILL

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=4419&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

11. WHY CONTRACEPTION IS EVIL

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=7618&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

12. CONTRACEPTION: WHY NOT?

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0002.html

13. THE LANGUAGE OF THE BODY

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0005.html

14. NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING AND SELF-MASTERY

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0003.html

15. DO SEX EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION CUT DOWN ON ABORTION?

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0035.html

16. CHURCH TEACHING ON CONTRACEPTION (PART 1)

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0658.html

17. CHURCH TEACHING ON CONTRACEPTION (PART 2)

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0659.html

18. CHURCH TEACHING ON CONTRACEPTION (PART 3)

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0660.html

19. CHURCH TEACHING ON CONTRACEPTION (PART 4)

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0661.html

20. CONTRACEPTIVE REFERENCES IN THE BIBLE

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0663.html

21. CONTRACEPTIVES SHOW GRAVE CONSEQUENCES

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0664.html

22. THE SOCIAL FOOTPRINTS OF CONTRACEPTION

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=8387&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

23. CONTRACEPTION: A CHALLENGE TO CATHOLIC PREACHING

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=1114&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

24. POPE PAUL VI, NOT CLINTON, WAS RIGHT ABOUT CONTRACEPTION

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=2670&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

25. REFLECTIONS ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HUMANAE VITAE

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=717&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

26. CONTRACEPTION AND THE WAR WITHIN THE SELF

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=4202&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=714234

27. THE MORAL USE OF NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING

http://www.aodonline.org/aodonline-sqlimages/shms/faculty/SmithJanet/Publications/HumanaeVitae/MoralUseofFamilyPlanning.pdf

28. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONCEPT OF MUNUS TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMANAE VITAE

http://www.aodonline.org/aodonline-sqlimages/shms/faculty/SmithJanet/Publications/HumanaeVitae/ConceptofMunus.pdf

29. HUMANAE VITAE AT 20

http://www.aodonline.org/aodonline-sqlimages/shms/faculty/SmithJanet/Publications/HumanaeVitae/HumanaeVitaeat20.pdf

30. POPE JOHN PAUL II AND HUMANAE VITAE

http://www.aodonline.org/aodonline-sqlimages/shms/faculty/SmithJanet/Publications/HumanaeVitae/PopeJohnPaulIIandHumanaeVitae.pdf


PART V: 35 ARTICLES / STUDIES AGAINST POPULATION CONTROL

1. THE POPULATION CONTROLLERS AND THEIR WAR ON PEOPLE

PART 1

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/mos/mos_10populationwar.html

PART 2-1

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/mos/mos_11populationwar1.html

PART 2-2

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/mos/mos_11populationwar2.html

2. MONEY FOR NOTHING: HOW “REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE” IS DRIVEN BY A “DEMOGRAPHIC IMPERATIVE” AND IGNORES THE REAL HEALTH NEEDS OF WOMEN IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

http://pop.org/pub/doc/money-for-nothing-pcl.pdf

3-12. TEN REPORTS FROM THE CATHOLIC FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE (C-FAM)

http://www.c-fam.org/publications/id.73/default.asp

13. THE FACTS OF LIFE (CH. 18): THE INTERNATIONAL ABORTION SITUATION

http://www.hli.org/index.php/the-facts-of-life/192?task=view

14. THE INHERENT RACISM OF POPULATION CONTROL

http://www.lifesitenews.com/waronfamily/Population_Control/Inherentracism.pdf

15. THE BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/mos/mos_07billionaires.html

16. THE HIGH PRICE OF POPULATION CONTROL

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0018.html

17. ABUSIVE POPULATION CONTROL

http://www.hli.org/files/PLTP%20Abusive%20Pop%20Control.pdf

18. THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF POPULATION CONTROL

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=8261&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=737531

19. U.S. POPULATION CONTROL POLICY

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=600&repos=1&subrepos=0&searchid=737531

20. POPULATION CONTROL – THE KENYAN PERSPECTIVE

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0034.html

21. WHAT AFRICAN WOMEN WANT (NOT “REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE”)

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0030.html

22. THE HIGH PRICE OF POPULATION CONTROL (BRUNTON)

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0020.html

23. BIRTH CONTROL AND DEMOGRAPHIC IMPLOSION

http://www.hli.org/index.php/population-control/177?task=view

24. ABORTION FOR ALL: HOW THE INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION PROMOTES ABORTION AROUND THE WORLD

http://pop.org/content/abortion-for-all-how-the-international-planned-parenthood-federation-promotes-abortion-around-the-world-894

25. INNOCENTS BETRAYED: A SIDE OF FAMILY PLANNING THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT DISCUSS

FOREWORD by STEVEN MOSHER

http://pop.org/content/innocents-betrayed-forward-by-steve-mosher-893

FULL REPORT:

http://pop.org/content/innocents-betrayed-a-side-of-family-planning-the-white-house-does-not-discuss-892

26. THE HIDDEN AGENDA OF POPULATION CONTROL ZEALOTS

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/rea/rea_24populationzealots.html

27. THE ABORTION LOBBY’S DEEP POCKETS

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/clo/clo_07abortionpockets.html

28. POPULATION IMPERIALISM

http://culture-of-life.org//content/view/286/

29. WILLIAM MAY’S REVIEW OF POPULATION CONTROL: REAL COSTS, ILLUSORY BENEFITS

http://culture-of-life.org//index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=515

30. WORLD’S ELITE MAKE POPULATION CONTROL NO. 1 PRIORITY AGAINST BACKDROP OF UNDERPOPULATION

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2009/may/09052511

31. PRO-LIFE ENCYCLOPEDIA CHAPTER ON OVERPOPULATION MYTH

http://www.ewtn.com/library/PROLENC/ENCYC131.HTM

32. KRISTOF’S ERROR

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2010/oct/10100104

33. CHINA’S FORCED ABORTION PROGRAM

http://www.hli.org/index.php/population-control/271?task=view

34. CHINA’S ONE-CHILD POLICY: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER

http://www.humanlifereview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42%3Achinas-one-child-policy-twenty-five-years-later&catid=31%3A2006-winter&Itemid=6

35. FULL REPORT ON UNFPA’S INVOLVEMENT IN CHINA

http://pop.org/content/full-report-on-unfpas-involvement-in-china


PART VI: VARIOUS ARTICLES / STUDIES / VIDEOS:


1. CONTRACEPTION LINKED TO MASSIVE RISE IN ABORTION RATE:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-study-links-contraception-hike-with-increased-abortions

2. DR. CHRIS KAHLENBORN ON ABORTIFACIENT BIRTH CONTROL PILL, IUD, ETC.:

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kah/kah_03howpillworks1.html

3. CARDINAL BURKE: WHAT THE POPE REALLY MEANT:

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/cardinal-burke-what-the-pope-really-meant

4. BABY STEPS: 4D ULTRASOUND

American Life League (ALL)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBKKnCtNeRU

5. AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE'S JIM SEDLAK EXPOSES CULTURE OF DEATH, ABORTION RH GIANT PLANNED PARENTHOOD:

HOW PLANNED PARENTHOOD WORKS:

PART 1 OF 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVyMF2XwJHk&NR=1

PART 2 OF 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjDH1SnGbPU&feature=relmfu

PART 3 OF 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCI1Xd8svk&NR=1

PART 4 OF 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuGmlObU95k&feature=relmfu

For more information:

www.stopp.org

6. BLESSED MOTHER TERESA'S 1994 WASHINGTON, D.C. SPEECH: "WHATSOEVER YOU DO..."

MP3 AUDIO (4MB, 35 mins) AVAILABLE AT:

www.priestsforlife.org/audios/mother-teresa-speech.mp3

TEXT OF SPEECH AVAILABLE AT:

http://www.priestsforlife.org/brochures/mtspeech.html


7. MP3 AUDIO: DEFUSING THE POPULATION BOMB (EXPOSES MYTH OF OVERPOPULATION AND EXPOSES HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED IN THE NAME OF POPULATION CONTROL) - STEVEN MOSHER

Audio interview with Steven Mosher, 55 minutes:

http://www.catholic.com/radio/event.php?calendar=1&category&date=2009-12-04&event=5984

8. POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PRI): UNFPA EXPOSED

PART 1 OF 4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLkw01UaUes&feature=relmfu

PART 2 OF 4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISj1d9lNi-E&feature=relmfu

PART 3 OF 4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V8oWHAh_yo&feature=relmfu

PART 4 OF 4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myITaeV3Q2o&feature=relmfu

For more information, visit PRI's website:

www.pop.org

9. JACQUELINE KASUN, PH.D.: ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD COULD FIT INTO THE STATE OF TEXAS:

THE OVERPOPULATION MYTH DEBUNKED: HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA ECONOMICS PROFESSOR JACQUELINE KASUN, PH.D. (WHOSE ARTICLES HAVE APPEARED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, PUBLIC INTEREST, AND THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR), WRITING IN 1998: "If you allotted 1250 square feet to each person, all the people in the world would fit into the state of Texas. Try the math yourself: 7,438,152,268,800 square feet in Texas, divided by the world population of 5,860,000,000, equals 1269 square feet per person. The population density of this giant city would be about 21,000 - somewhat more than San Francisco and less than the Bronx."(J. KASUN, Too Many People?, "Envoy Magazine," [May/June 1998]).

Dr. Kasun's book, War Against Population, is available from Ignatius Press:

http://www.ignatius.com/Products/WAP-P/war-against-population.aspx

10. THE AMERICAN DRIVE TO EXPORT CONTRACEPTION:

Fr. Anthony Zimmerman

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/zim/zim_89americaexportcontra.html

11. HOW THE UNITED STATES PLANS TO IMPOSE THE TWO-CHILD FAMILY ON THE WORLD AND HOW THE CHURCH PLANS TO RESPOND:

Fr. Anthony Zimmerman

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/zim/zim_68contraceptivebomb.html

12. HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL'S RAYMOND DE SOUZA ON THE SCOURGE OF POPULATION CONTROL:

http://www.hli.org/index.php/video-audio/video/883-lifelines-1-population-control

13. IPPF AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD EXPOSED:

http://www.vidahumana.org/english/family/ippf-pp_index.html

14. ABORTION RH GROUP "CATHOLICS FOR A FREE CHOICE" EXPOSED:

http://www.vidahumana.org/english/family/cffc_index.html

15 CULTURE OF DEATH:

http://www.vidahumana.org/english/family/death-culture_index.html

16. ABORTIFACIENT BIRTH CONTROL PILL


The Pill: How It Works and Fails

John Wilks, B. Pharm, M.P.S., M.A.C.P.P. 1998.

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/wilks/wilks_04pillworks1.html

Questions and Answers

Q. I have been prescribed the pill by my doctor. I have read there are different types - could you explain these to me.

The commonly used name of 'the pill' is made up of two 'styles' of formulations; the progesterone-only pill (POP) and the combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP). The COCP contains an oestrogen, most frequently ethinyl oestradiol, and a progesterone, either levonorgestrel or norethisterone. Fixed formulations of the combined pill contain the same levels of oestrogen and progesterone for 21 days, followed by an optional 7 sugar tablets. Newer versions have hormonal levels which vary two or three times during the month (hence the bi- and tri-phasic names some of these products carry). Within the last few years, the combined pill has been released containing gestodene or desogestrel as the progesterone component. These products are known as third-generation progesterones. They are made as either a fixed dose formulation eg. Minulet, or as a triphasic formulation eg. Tri-Minulet. They are not very popular because they double the risks of a woman developing a blood clot.1 2 3

Q. How does the pill really work?

A. There are four ways the pill acts to stop sperm reaching an egg (ovum).

•First, the hormones in the pill try to stop an ovum being released from your ovary each month. This is known as the suppression of ovulation. Research has shown that neither the progesterone-only pill4 nor the combined progesterone-oestrogen formulations always stop ovulation.5 6 7

•Second, all formulations of the pill cause changes to the cervical mucus that your body produces. The cervical mucus may become thicker and more difficult for sperm to fertilize an ovum.8

•Third, all formulations of the pill cause changes to the lining of the womb (properly known as the endometrium). Under the influence of the chemicals in the pill, the lining of the womb doesn't grow to the proper thickness. You will notice that your periods are lighter when you are on the pill. This is because the lining of the womb has not developed properly. But this change also means that the womb is not in the right stage of development to allow a fertilized egg to attach properly (this attachment process is known as implantation).9 10 11 12 This action of the pill will be discussed again in this booklet.

•Fourth, the pill causes changes to the movement of the Fallopian tubes. This effect may reduce the possibility of the ovum being fertilized.13 14 15

It is very important for you to understand that none of these ways the pill works is completely reliable.16 Ovulation is not always stopped,17 18 19 20 cervical mucus does not always stop the movement of sperm21 22 the damage to the lining of the womb sometimes allows for implantation to occur,23 24 and Fallopian tube activity does not always stop sperm and ovum from joining to create a new human person.25

Q. I think you may be right because my girl friend had a baby even though she took the pill each day. The doctor said that it will stop me from becoming pregnant and I hope this is correct, but I am a little concerned.

A. Your concern is quite reasonable. Your friend's pregnancy is the most obvious and simplest proof that the four inter-connected pill actions do not always operate 'successfully' in every woman. In theory, almost no women should have a baby whilst on the pill. The theoretical success of the combined pill is 99.66%. This means that only 0.34% or 34 women in 10,000 should have a diagnosed pregnancy. But the reality is that the combined pill only prevents a diagnosed pregnancy in 90-96% of women. In other words, 4-10 women in every 100 using the pill for one year do have a diagnosed pregnancy.26 Australian medical and science journalist Melissa Sweet has published 'get-real' figures in the same range.27

Q. OK, if the pill is not quite as successful as promised, why does it fail?

A. One part of the answer to this question is some women forget to take a tablet each day. Missing a single tablet may be all that is needed for ovulation to occur. Even the drug companies agree that missing a single dose is significant. Ovulation may occur, which could lead to a diagnosed pregnancy. That is why the leaflet inside the pill packet recommends using something like a condom or diaphragm, even if you are only 12 hours late in taking your daily pill tablet. The pill manufacturers also suggest that a condom or diaphragm should be used for seven days because of the risk of ovulation and pregnancy.28

Another reason some women have a diagnosed pregnancy whilst on the pill can be due to stomach illness such as vomiting or diarrhoea. These illnesses may prevent the full dose of the pill being absorbed into the woman's body.29 The effect of less-than-complete drug absorption is the same as missing a dose - ovulation could occur. Again, the pill manufacturer recommends condom or diaphragm use for a full 7 days to prevent sperm and ovum joining.

A third reason for a diagnosed pregnancy whilst taking the pill could be because of a drug interaction with antibiotics (such as amoxycillin, co-trimoxazole, tetracycline, erythromycin and amphotericin), or large doses of vitamin C, or anti-epileptic medication, barbiturates and rifampicin (used for T.B.).30 31 32 The effect of the drug interaction is to reduce the quantity of hormones absorbed. Therefore ovulation might occur.

Q. But none of these things happened to my girl friend. She always took her tablet at breakfast time, has not had any stomach upset and hadn't taken any other medicines. How come she is now pregnant?

A. One possible answer is that your girl friend had what is known as 'break-through ovulation'. As the name suggests, a woman ovulates even though she always takes her daily dose of the pill, is not sick, and is not taking any other medications.

Proof that break-through ovulation (sometimes also called 'escape-ovulation') does occur even under perfect health conditions was first shown by Dr. Nine Van der Vange, State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, in 1984.33

Dr Van der Vange's research used high resolution ultra-sound which visually showed that women ovulate on the popularly prescribed low dose pill.34 A blood test confirmed that ovulation had occurred.35 The pill can have a break-through ovulation rate that can be as high as 17 ovulations per 100 women who used the pill for one year.

Other researchers have shown that the low dose pill has an even higher rate of break-through ovulation of almost 27 ovulations per 100 women per year.36

Q. I have heard some people say the pill has an abortifacient capacity.What does this word mean, and is it really true anyway?

A. Before answering this question it is very important that we all have a correct understanding of the key biological terms relating to pregnancy. The following definitions have been accepted by major medical texts for decades. 'Conception' refers to the moment at which the sperm penetrates and fertilizes the ovum to form a viable zygote.37 It does not refer to the process of implantation of the newly created human embryo, which is a separate event, occurring about 7-8 day's after conception.38 A woman is pregnant because conception has occurred, not because implantation has occurred. This distinction is important.

At the precise and unique moment of conception, a woman is 'pregnant' with "a new individual".39 This is an accurate and informed medical description. It is the same terminology used by Prof. John Dwyer, pre-eminent Australian AIDS expert and researcher, who has described the moment that the sperm enters the ovum as the creation of a "new and unique individual".40

Well known medical writer, Professor Derek Llewellyn-Jones, author of every woman, has also written that when the male genetic material from the sperm joins with the female genetic material in the ovum, "a new individual is formed".41

To stop conception occurring, that is, to stop sperm and ovum joining, is contraception. Condoms, diaphragms, spermicides, vasectomy and tubal ligation are accurately described as methods of contraception. Obviously any drug or device used after conception has occurred cannot be termed a contraceptive.42 The correct term to describe any interference with the pregnancy after conception has occurred is 'abortifacient'.4344 This is the precise biological description for any drug or device that acts to end a pregnancy once it has begun at conception.

You might be interested to know that many major medical dictionaries have definitions of 'conception', 'pregnancy' and 'contraception' that are the same as those listed above. 4546474849505152

It is medically dishonest to break from these definitions. And yet, this is precisely what some scientists have recently started to do. They seek to define pregnancy as beginning with implantation, not fertilization.535455 But as I mentioned earlier, implantation occurs 7-8 days after the new human person has come into existence. The pregnancy, and the new human person, are already many days old by the time implantation has occurred.

Therefore, what these scientists are trying to do is get people to think that abortifacient drugs such as the pill are really just contraceptive drugs. Do you see the clever shift in definitions these scientists are trying to make? Redefine when a pregnancy and new human life begins, and you redefine the key characteristic of the drug - how it works!

Obviously many people object to abortifacient drugs because they can cause a loss of human life. Not so many people object to methods of contraception (condoms, diaphrams etc), because these methods prevent new human life being created. Hence, if scientists succeed in convincing people that human life begins after implantation, eventually most people will have no objection to the pill. They will have been tricked into believing that human life had not begun when the pill exerted its anti-implantation effect.

Q. So how do you prove that the pill acts as an abortifacient?

A. The answer to this question can be found by comparing the rate of break-through ovulation and the detected pregnancy rate.

The ovulation rate has been reported to be about 27 ovulations in 100 women using the pill for one year. But the detected pregnancy rate is much lower at around 4 pregnancies per 100 women using the pill for one year.

As you can see, there is a big difference between the number of women who ovulate (27) and the number of detected pregnancies (4). What has happened within the woman's body to reduce the high ovulation rate to such a low number of detected pregnancies? I suggest that one answer to this important question is that pregnancies have begun, because ovulation and fertilization have occurred, but some of these pregnancies are terminated because implantation cannot take place. The pill has damaged the lining of the womb, stopping implantation.

Q. You talk about the pill causing damage to the lining of the womb, but what does this really mean?

A. The process of implantation of the human embryo into the lining of the womb is a very complex and delicate process. Proper attachment and successful implantation is under the guidance and control of a vast array of 'implantation factors'.565758 These chemical factors, with names such as interleukins, PAF and LIF, actually cause what is referred to in medical journals as "cross-talk" between the embryo and the cells which line the womb.59 That is, the cells of the new human embryo and the cells of the lining of the womb chemically speak to each other. The purpose of this chemical communication is so the womb will be fully prepared and ready to bind with the human embryo when it attempts to implant.

The pill's role in all of this is that it alters the levels of these implantation factors. Too much oestrogen and progesterone, via the pill, causes harmful changes to the levels of these implantation factors. Recent research has shown that implantation fails if the levels of oestrogen and progesterone are too high.6061

It is because the levels of these two hormones are wrong that the week-old embryo cannot attach to the womb. Cell talk fails, the proper development of the womb doesn't occur, and the embryo dies from a lack of nutrition normally supplied to it from the lining of the womb. In fact, wrong levels of artificial progesterone have been shown to cause a very thin lining of the womb, making implantation impossible. 6263

You can understand this concept more fully by considering the example of a space shuttle, low on fuel and oxygen, which urgently needs to dock with the space station. The mother ship and the shuttle communicate with each other so that the shuttle knows which docking bay to go to. Importantly, the mother ship knows which bay to make ready. If this electronic communication fails - disrupted "cell-talk" -, the shuttle may go to the wrong docking bay, fail to attach to the mother ship, drift away, and the crew dies from a lack of food and oxygen. Or it might go to the right bay but not find all the docking apparatus in place. Again, the attachment between the two fails due to faulty communication and the crew dies.

As well, there are a special group of molecules found both on the lining of the womb and on the 7-8 day old human embryo known as integrins. Integrins are referred to as 'adhesion molecules'. Researchers have shown that these adhesion molecules greatly assist the process of implantation. Going back to our example of the docking process between a space shuttle and the mother ship, integrins could be thought of as grappling hooks that 'hold' the human embryo onto the womb whilst the process of implantation is completed. The artificial hormones in the pill have been shown to damage the ability of integrins - the implantation 'hooks'- to function properly. Because of this damage to the proper functioning of integrins, the limited amount of time the human embryonic person has for attaching, known as the 'window of implantation', is closed. As a result, the human embryonic person dies.64656667

As you can see, the pill acts as the great communication wrecker.

Q. OK, but I think that all this talk about 'human life' beginning when the sperm and the ovum join is just a bit weird. Isn't it just a bundle of cells?

A. This is a very important issue. Consider the following:

Given that it was human sperm and human ovum that joined together, you would agree that the result would have to be a human something. But what is that 'something.' Is it a human person even though it starts out looking just like a lump of cells? To answer this question, think about what is added to this clump of cells that attaches to the lining of the womb and grows over 40 weeks to be a born baby. This clump of cells receives only three things from its mother: somewhere to live, food and oxygen. If you say that the clump of cells isn't human at its beginning, then you need to show that there is something magical about where you live, what you eat, or what you drink that can convert you from being non-human to human. I think you would agree that there is nothing. Hence the only logical conclusion can be that it is always human because of where it came from - two human parents. It is very easy to be tricked by the appearance of the human embryo ('it just looks like a lump of cells') or its 'address' -floating in or newly attached to the lining of the womb. But these superficial features are irrelevant. We must look to what it is, not what it looks like. Human in origin means it is human in nature. It is a human person just like you or I; the only difference is that it just hasn't fully grown up yet.

Q. What about the morning-after pill? Doesn't it work by stopping pregnancy?

A. The morning-after pill is a very high dose of the two female hormones called oestrogen and progesterone. A woman takes a dose of progesterone in the 'morning-after pill' which is 10-20 times the amount of progesterone she would get via her daily birth control tablet. The dose of oestrogen from the morning-after pill is also very high: about 5 times the amount she gets from her daily birth control tablet. As you can see, these doses are much greater than the daily birth control pill dose. Now if the birth control pill can act as a chemical abortifacient in low doses, it would seem reasonable that the morning-after pill would also act as an abortifacient.

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17. THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE

When Do Human Beings Begin? "Scientific" Myths and Scientific Facts

By DIANNE N. IRVING, Ph.D., 1999, 2000.

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/abortion/ab0027.html

18. VARIOUS ABORTIFACIENTS

ABORTIFACIENTS by Brian Clowes, Ph.D. 2001

Chapter 2 of "The Facts of Life," Human Life International (HLI) www.hli.org

http://www.hli.org/index.php/the-facts-of-life/208?task=view