Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is taking criticism for saying that birth control hurts women. He is being called an extremist, and the MSM is using this as a way to attack him and undermine his credibility.
What's being ignored is - he's right.
He was addressing more the social consequences: the cheapening of sex, the separation of sex from family and marriage, increased exploitation of women, and the rise in the number of single parent homes being among some of those effects.
That's reality.
But there are also psychological effects, including the lowering of self esteem, later regrets about not having children, and a decrease in the ability to commit to and sustain relationships.
And then there are the physical effects. It's not a coincidence that the "sexual revolution" that accompanied the availability of birth control has coincided with a dramatic rise is venereal diseases, for example. Some methods of birth control provided some protection from these - the myth of "safe sex" - but the increased sexual activity and in the number of partners ironically leads to increased chances of infection.
And when it comes to the pill, the long term effects are proving deadly.
Even Planned Parenthood acknowledges that the pill leads to increased risk form blood clots, strokes, heart attacks, liver tumors, gallstones, and jaundice.
Meanwhile, more and more studies are showing that the pill is linked to increased chances of developing cancer, particularly breast cancer. Doctors now include it as one of the significant factors for cancer. The World Health Organization lists the pill as a Class 1 carcinogen.
You don't see a lot of this in the MSM. Women are not being informed: Not a great sign of concern or respect for them.
I'd like to see Santorum cite some of the medical statistics when he talks about birth control, otherwise the media will continue to label him as extremist.
Because, I suspect, they are terrified at the thought of having to call him "President"
Pax et bonum
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