“Diminishing access to birth control in this state (Iowa) will lead to more unwanted pregnancies,” is a lie. Because of the FAILURE RATE of birth control and contraceptives there are more pregnancies and more abortions. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, 50% of abortions are done on clients who were using birth control.
Planned Parenthood does not provide “health services.” Birth control takes a healthy fertile woman and makes her infertile and unhealthy. The average woman in the United States has only 1.8 children on average. Do we want Iowa women to have no children at all? There are side effects to the birth control pill.
The pill changes the lining of the uterus, so if breakthrough ovulation and conception do occur, the embryo cannot attach to the lining and therefore starves and dies. This is an “early abortion.” (Physician’s Desk Reference 60th Edition, 2006) The I.U.D., Depo-Provera, RU 486 and the “Morning After Pill” also kill a developing child.
The Food and Drug Administration study revealed the health benefits of newer pills, including decreased risk of ovarian cancer. But, then on July 29, 2005 World Health Organization (WHO) Press Release No. 167: International ...
