QuiverFullPill Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet - Contraceptive Pill Side-Effects

1) Breast Cancer

Therefore the range these studies cite for breast cancer is 200-820%

(Note: With use of Depo-Provera (DMPA) - "Use for two years or longer before age 25 was associated with a significantly increased risk of breast cancer" (ie 360% increase) (6) *p100

2) Cervical Cancer


3) Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)


4) Infertility after pill-use

5) Teratogenicity

COMMENT
Fertility drugs cause hyperstimulation of the ovaries, leading to increased ovarian cancer of the ovary due to increased minor trauma of the covering epilthelium *p141
The pill, and pregnancy, and breast feeding cause a rest in ovulation, thus associated with a decreased incidence of ovarian cancer. Some family planning advocates defend or advocate pill use because of the associated decrease in ovarian cancer rates(0.2% risk). To do so in light of the magnitude of the side-effects of the pill documented is a woeful ignorance of the facts or a deliberate and cynical act of injustice to women.

All references from - A Consumer's Guide to the Pill by John Wilks B Pharm
MPS 2nd Ed1997 ALL Publications
Available from HLI (Ireland) £14 which includes p & p

References

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