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Study: Abortion, Contraception Raise Breast Cancer Risk

News & Commentary, Risks & Consequences / By One More Soul Staff

Study is 9 months old, but still no warnings from cancer establishment Contact: Karen Malec, Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, 847-421-4000 MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 6 /Christian Newswire/ — Less than two months since the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending against routine mammograms for women in their forties, a second breast cancer scandal involving a …

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Women at High Risk of Significant Bone Loss on Injectable Birth Control Identified

News & Commentary, Risks & Consequences / By One More Soul Staff

ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2009) — Nearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density (BMD) loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning the contraceptive, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The …

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What a Woman Should Know about Birth Control

1 Comment / Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

What a Woman Should Know About Contraceptives contains information on all the major methods of contraception, with their methods of action and health consequences. Natural Family Planning is also presented briefly as a beneficial alternative.

The connection between contraception and abortion

Risks & Consequences / By Prof. Janet E. Smith

Many in the pro-life movement are reluctant to make a connection between contraception and abortion. They insist that these are two very different acts–that there is all the difference in the world between contraception, which prevents a life from coming to be and abortion, which takes a life that has already begun. With some contraceptives …

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Breast Cancer Risk from Abortion

Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

This article contains clear and persuasive information about the connection between breast cancer and abortion.

Breast Cancer, Abortion, and the Pill

Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

For the past year, One More Soul has been privileged to work with Dr. Chris Kahlenborn in publishing his new book: Breast Cancer, Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill . This book is the culmination of seven years the author spent reviewing and analyzing more than 500 research studies and related works. …

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The Hurtful Consequences of Artificial Contraception and Sterilization: Three Personal Testimonies

Risks & Consequences, Sterilization, Testimonials / By Peggy Powell

Rick and Peggy In 1971, my husband and I were married. Thinking birth control must be okay because no one had said anything against it during my high school years and I had never heard a homily addressing the issue, I made an appointment with my family doctor. I asked if I needed to be …

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The Challenge of Contraception for those who respect life

Risks & Consequences / By Teresa Menart, MD

Contraception poses a challenge to those who respect life. It may not be immediately obvious that there is any connection between contraception and abortion, but on further examination, a relationship between the two becomes apparent. Ignoring the issue of contraception leads to a lost opportunity to respect life to the fullest degree. There are at …

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The Harms of Contraception

Risks & Consequences / By One More Soul Staff

There are several reasons why we believe that the use of contraception harms everyone involved. The first reason is that the use of contraception leads to abortion. Several “contraceptives” are in fact abortifacients. That is, they cause early abortions. All oral contraceptives, Norplant, Depo-Provera, and IUDs cause abortions before a woman even knows she’s pregnant. …

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How the Pill and Other Contraceptives Work

Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

In this article Dr. Kahlenborn provides much scientific detail in a very user friendly format to show how contraceptive pills work. He gives special attention to the Pill’s abortive action. In an appendix, he analyzes and refutes arguments from a group of doctors who asserted that the Pill does not cause abortions.

Intrauterine Devices (IUD/IUS): What Every Woman Needs to Know

Risks & Consequences / By Lili Cote de Bejarano, MD, MPH

What is an IUD? An Intrauterine Device (IUD) is a small object that is placed inside a woman’s uterus (womb) for the purpose of preventing or interrupting pregnancy. Currently, there are two kinds of IUDs available in the United States: the Copper-T IUD, made from plastic and copper, and the Intrauterine System IUS, a plastic …

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The Pill and Breast Cancer

1 Comment / Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

Newly revised and updated in August 2011. How the Pill increases the risk of breast cancer, and effective strategies for prevention. Women who take contraceptive pills before their first full pregnancy are 44% more likely to develop breast cancer before menopause. This is a real eye opener for people who thought the Pill was harmless.

The “Morning After Pill” and other types of “Emergency Contraception” – Myths and Realities

Risks & Consequences / By Lili Cote de Bejarano, MD, MPH

What is “emergency contraception”? “Emergency contraception” is the use of a drug or a device after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. Emergency contraception is promoted for use when a woman has been raped, when a couple has chosen to have intercourse without using any form of contra-ception, or when there is a suspected contraceptive failure. Types …

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Problems associated with Hormonal Birth Control

Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Mario Maldonado, MD

Four physicians who do not prescribe hormonal birth control give medical reasons for this decision. They explain that HBC causes many potential adverse effects that are medical, social, and spiritual, and that Natural Family Planning is a healthy and effective alternative.