Men Encouraged to Carry Morning-After Pill in Scotland


GLASGOW (LSN.ca) – A dangerous project has begun in Scotland to encourage promiscuous men to carry the abortifacient morning after pill. The Sunday Herald reports that the abortifacient is to be offered free of charge to men in Scotland's largest city. Dr. Des Spence, one of the doctors leading the 'Choices Project' at the Maryhill Health Centre in Glasgow, said: “The idea is that we should encourage men to play an equal part in contraception…. We have encouraged women to carry condoms, so we should encourage men to carry the morning-after pill.”

Ian Murray, head of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children in Scotland, said: “This scheme is dangerous and flawed. It can only lead to more use the morning-after pill, which can cause an early abortion and offers no protection against sexually transmitted infections. It will also endanger women's health because no doctor or pharmacist will be able to check or even ask about their medical history. This scheme will lead to more unborn children losing their lives, and will put young women and girls at greater risk of abuse and sexual maltreatment by men.”

Several studies on the use of the morning after pill in Thailand revealed that men are the most frequent buyers of morning-after pills, using them to exploit women. Nattaya Boonpakdee, programme assistant at the Population Council – an avid promoter of the pill – said, “They buy the pills for their girlfriends or wives, so that they don't have to wear condoms and feel they're at no risk of becoming a father afterwards. Some women I've spoken to said that they didn't even know what they were taking; that the guy just said it was a health supplement.”

The Bangkok Post, which reported on the studies in June, concluded, “Although many feminists believe that the morning-after pill gives them more control over their own bodies, it would seem, judging from the few studies conducted so far, that it is actually being used by men to exploit women.”

See related LifeSite coverage:

MORNING AFTER PILLS USED TO EXPLOIT WOMEN AND CREATE SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS



National Physicians Center Acknowledges Abortion-Breast Cancer Link

WASHINGTON (LSN.ca) – The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer reported today that the National Physicians Center for Family Resources has released a CD in which increased breast cancer risk is cited as a long-term medical complication resulting from abortion. The CD is intended to be a resource for parents and health educators to assist them in answering children's questions about puberty, reproduction and sexual health.

It says: “During a normal pregnancy, the female's body produces high levels of the hormone estrogen. This causes the milk producing glands in the breast tissue to become active, a process that is completed during the third trimester of pregnancy. When this change is complete, it helps protect against breast cancer. Elective abortion interrupts these changes in the breast tissue, which makes the cells more likely to become cancerous. Miscarriages generally do not result in a higher breast cancer risk because most pregnancies that miscarry do not produce very high amounts of estrogen.”

For more information on the CD see the National Physicians Center.


(This update courtesy of LifeSite News.)

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