The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Scientists found that because of the above average amount of synthetic hormone that was being used in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), women were at a higher risk for Breast cancer and other cancers, as well as heart disease, diabetes, and other health problems. The average level of hormone in HRT is between 300,000 and 625,000 Picograms per day, nearly 1000 times the normal amount.Hormonal Birth Control contains 20 to 50 MILLION picograms in EACH daily pill. Not only is that 75 times the amount of hormones found in HRT drugs, but it is nearly 400 thousand times more than what is normally found in a woman’s body, even at the peak moments of her cycleIn fact the following organizations publicly note the carcinogenic nature of contraceptives: The US National Toxicology Program, Report on Carcinogens

The National Cancer Institute
The World Health Organization
The American Cancer Society
Department of Health and Human Services
Breast Cancer Center-EAMC
MaterCare International
Breast Cancer Prevention Institute
National Physicians Center for Family Resources
Ethics and Medics

The International Agency for Research on CancerEven condoms aren’t safe from this cancer risk. In 2004 a study found that nearly all condoms studied contained high amounts of a toxic chemical known as N-Nitrosamine which has been proven to cause cancer. This carcinogen was banned from all children’s toys and some other appliances, causing massive recalls in the late 1990’s. It is responsible for helping the latex in the condom stay elastically and is often found in elastic-like material. “If it’s so toxic,” you ask, “then why is it found in so many materials but banned from others?” The answer is simple. N-Nitrosamine is only able to enter your body through contact with your bodily fluids (i.e. saliva, mucus, blood, semen, and vaginal discharge). So products that contain N-Nitrosamine but are never intended to be in contact with these substances are allowed. However, the big stink over this chemical came when it was banned from baby toys because there is no way to limit which toys an infant puts in her mouth, thus causing concern. The only other product that was ever considered were kitchen appliances, like spatulas and rubber spoons. With condoms only purpose being to come between 2 people and prevent the passage of bodily fluids, shouldn’t they be considered for the chemical ban? The FDA said no, but only after testimony by big business condom makers like Durex and Trojan about how much money they would loose from such a ban.

Planned Parenthood’s claims of “comprehensive medically accurate sex ed” are bunk. It wants to teach what it wants to teach, emphasis in nearly every case on the products and services that Planned Parenthood sells. However, when it comes to evidence that shows the inneffectivness, or even danger of using such products and services it is strangly silent.