RH BILL

RH BILL -REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ?
or
DISEASE ?

Rodrigo  M. Alenton, M.D.

Will RH Bill decrease maternal deaths, infant mortality & Abortion?

   NO ,

   RH Bill will even increase Maternal & infant deaths, & Abortion

Leading CAUSES of DEATH in the Philippines ( DOH 2005 Data )

1. Heart Disease

*Hypertension, Heart Attack, Stroke

2. Vascular Disease        

                *Venous Thrombosis

3.CANCER – Breast & Cervical cancer

Leading CAUSES of DEATH in the Philippines ( DOH 2005 Data )

4-Pneumonia

5-Accident

6- Tuberculosis

7- Chronic Respiratory Disease

8-Diabetis Mellitus

9-Perinatal Mortality- congenital disease & sepsis

10-Nephritis

Side Effects of
CONTRACEPTIVE  PILLS

1. Cancer of the Cervix

2. Breast Cancer

3. Hypertension

4. Heart Attack

5. Stroke

Side Effects of
CONTRACEPTIVE  PILLS

6. Deep Venous Thrombosis

7. Birth Defects

8. Infertility

9. Migraine

10. Tumor of the Uterus

11. Abortion

Higher Mortality in
Pill Users vs. Non-Users

All Circulatory Disease=  320%

Stroke                                                       =  110%

Ischemic Heart Dse     =  290%

Study Population – 23,000 women

(Layole & Beral, Lancet, 1981)

Mortality of
Pill Users Vs. Non-Users

All Circulatory Disease  = 120% more in pill users

Cerebrovascular Disease = 170% more in pill users

*25 yrs study, started May 1968

*46,000 women

(Beral, Hermon, et al. British Medical Journal 1999)

Increased Risk of STROKE in
Pill Users vs. Non-Users

100% higher risk of Hemorrhagic Stroke in Pill Users

199% higher risk of Ischemic Stroke in Pill Users

(Lancet 1996, Poulter)

 The Pill and cancer of the Cervix

study of 4 7,000 women on the link between the pill and cervical cancer

Conclusion:  more than 4X  Incidence of cervical cancer ( 300% increase) in pill users than never  users

                              Beral and                                

                         Hannaford (Lancet 1988)

Cervical dysplasia and Carcinoma in situ with the Pills

 Review of 135 scientific papers

“Elevated risks with 2 or more years of Oral Contraceptive use”

2 fold increase in risk at 10 years (a 100% increase)

               Schlesselman (Contraception1988)

Carcinoma of uterine cervix and Pill

130 % risk of cancer of the cervix with more than 6 years use of oral contraceptive pills

         (Medical Journal of Australia 1989)

Birth Defects associated with Pills

Cardiovascular Malformations

                Like- TETRALOGY OF FALLOT

Birth Defects assoc. with Pills

Contraceptive pill’s modes of action

IS OVULATION ALWAYS SUPPRESSED BY THE PILLS?

NO

Ovulation occurs in 2% to 10% of cycles of women taking the pill.

     ref:  6 publications and

Textbook of Contraceptive Practice.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

If 60 million women worldwide are on the low dose pill, there would be 1.2 to 6 million ovulations possible.

This is known as –

BREAKTHROUGH OVULATION

WOMEN ON ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES:

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OVULATION DOES OCCUR?

The egg can be fertilized, however, the transfer of the new life through the fallopian tube slows down so the embryo maybe too old to be viable when it enters the uterus.

Under development of the uterus lining caused by the pill prevents implantation

WOMEN ON ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES:

Breakthrough Ovulation… cont.

The embryo dies and the remains are passed with the next bleeding which is not true menstruation but rather a form of chemical abortion.

Interception- Abortifacient action of the Pill

Interception- is that part of pharmaceutical abortion occurring prior to implantation

In practice ‘interception’ means that the fertilized ‘ovum’- now a new human individual- is prevented from implanting in the endometrium

           (Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacologic Basis of Therapheutics 1990)

Complications of Tubal Ligation & Vasectomy :

Respiratory problems

Bleeding

Injury to the uterus,cervix,bowel,bladder or major pelvic vessels

Insufflation of the gas under the skin(subcutaneous emphysema)

Death

RH Bill = Contraception

v  Contraception- is a health hazard

v  Therefore, RH Bill is a health hazard; It should not be passed; it can not be repaired

v  We do not need RH Bill to improve maternal & Infant mortality

v  We need medicines for leading causes of death , trained health personnels ,& improved health facilities instead

v  The budget for contraceptives should be spent rather for  medicines for cardiovascular diseases and antibiotics

When does CONCEPTION occur?

Human from the Beginning

The State can not redefine the beginning of life

Nature & Science tell us that life begins in fertilization;  the state can not change this

Will the condom stop AIDS?

CONDOMS have HOLES !!!

5-50 MICRONS in size

50-500 times larger than AIDS virus

                                (0.1 microns)

                                                                (Michael Roland,Head Polymere section, Naval research Lab ,Washington DC USA)

The Long-Term Result of Secular Sex Education (US data, 1960-1991)

PHILIPPINES: OVERPOPULATED???

Population Density & Per Capita GNP

                 Conclusion

1)      RH Bill since it promotes contraception, will increase maternal & infant mortality & abortion  rather than decreasing it. It will further increase the cardiovascular & cancer mortality in women due to the adverse effects of contraceptives.

2)   Human Life begins in fertilization, not in implantation, destroying the human embryo by contraception after fertilization, before or during implantation is abortion.

                Conclusion

3) Sex Education in school will result to adverse events in the personal and family life

4) Large family / population is not the cause of poverty, its corruption & poor governance.

5) The Filipino people(Human resources) is our best resource, lets not cut it down by contraception thru RH Bill.

6) RH bill is anti-life & anti-family, it should be totally rejected & should not be passed into law,not even the consensus bill that still includes contraception.

Conclusion

1)      RH Bill since it promotes contraception, will increase maternal & infant mortality & abortion  rather than decreasing it. It will further increase the cardiovascular & cancer mortality in women due to the adverse effects of contraceptives.

2)      Human Life begins in fertilization, not in implantation, destroying the human embryo by contraception after fertilization, before or during implantation is abortion.

Conclusion

3) Sex Education in school will result to adverse events in the personal and family life

4) RH bill is anti-life & anti-family, it should be totally rejected & should not be passed into law.

There is a more effective method

They now target our young ones E.g.:
Found’n for Adolescent Dev’t / Population Comm.

MEDICAL ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CONTRACEPTIVES

Rodrigo  Alenton, M.D.

IS OVULATION ALWAYS SUPPRESSED?

NO

Ovulation occurs in 2% to 10% of cycles of women taking the pill.

     ref:  6 publications and

Textbook of Contraceptive Practice.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

If 60 million women worldwide are on the low dose pill, there would be 1.2 to 6 million ovulations possible.

This is known as –

BREAKTHROUGH OVULATION

 Is the Pill a "Contraceptive"?

Ovulation is not always stopped; cervical mucus is not always made impenetrable...

the pill acts in part  `....BY PREVENTING IMPLANTATION OF A FETILIZED EGG IN THE UTERUS"

                     (Cohen- The Guttmacher

                              report 1999)

WOMEN ON ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES:

Breakthrough Ovulation… cont.

The embryo dies and the remains are passed with the next bleeding which is not true menstruation but rather a form of chemical abortion.

CAUSES of DEATH in the Philippines ( DOH Data )

1. Heart Disease

*Hypertension, Heart Attack, Stroke

2. Vascular Disease        

                *Venous Thrombosis

*CANCER – one of the top 10

                                                                causes of death

Side Effects of
CONTRACEPTIVE  PILLS

1. Cancer of the Cervix

2. Breast Cancer

3. Hypertension

4. Heart Attack

5. Stroke

Side Effects of
CONTRACEPTIVE  PILLS

6. Deep Venous Thrombosis

7. Birth Defects

8. Infertility

9. Migraine

10. Tumor of the Uterus

11. Abortion

Birth Defects associated with Pills

Cardiovascular Malformations

                Like- TETRALOGY OF FALLOT

Birth Defects assoc. with Pills

Birth Defects associated with Pills

Meningocele

Meningomyelocele

Encephalocele

Hydrocephalus

Major Birth Defects

Gastroschisis

Omphalocele

 The Pill and cancer of the Cervix

study of 4 7,000 women on the link between the pill and cervical cancer

Conclusion:  more than 4X  Incidence of cervical cancer ( 300% increase) in pill users than never  users

                              Beral and                                

                         Hannaford (Lancet 1988)

MORTALITY: TEN LEADING CAUSES No. & Rate/100,000 Pop. Philippines, 1998

CAUSES of DEATH in the Philippines ( DOH Data )

1. Heart Disease

                *Hypertension, Heart Attack, Stroke

2. Vascular Disease        

                *Venous Thrombosis

*CANCER – one of the top 10

                                                                causes of death

Side Effects of
CONTRACEPTIVE  PILLS

1. Cancer of the Cervix

2. Breast Cancer

3. Hypertension

4. Heart Attack

5. Stroke

Side Effects of
CONTRACEPTIVE  PILLS

6. Deep Venous Thrombosis

7. Birth Defects

8. Infertility

9. Migraine

10. Tumor of the Uterus

11. Abortion

Oral Contraceptives causes Resistant Hypertension

JNC 7-  7^th Report of the Joint National Committee  on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and treatment of High Blood Pressure ,

   May 2003

Myocardial Infarction & the Pill

Oral contraceptive pills increased risk of myocardial infarction in women by 211 %

        Lewis, British Med. Journal 1996

                        

Higher Mortality in
Pill Users vs. Non-Users

All Circulatory Disease=  320%

Stroke                                                       =  110%

Ischemic Heart Dse     =  290%

Study Population – 23,000 women

(Layole & Beral, Lancet, 1981)

Mortality of
Pill Users Vs. Non-Users

All Circulatory Disease  = 120% more in pill users

Cerebrovascular Disease = 170% more in pill users

*25 yrs study, started May 1968

*46,000 women

(Beral, Hermon, et al. British Medical Journal 1999)

Increased Risk of STROKE in
Pill Users vs. Non-Users

100% higher risk of Hemorrhagic Stroke in Pill Users

199% higher risk of Ischemic Stroke in Pill Users

(Lancet 1996, Poulter)

Protective Effect of Rhythm method and Breast Feeding against Cervical Cancer

“A protective effect against cervical cancer was found for women who practiced rhythm method of birth control

   and for women who breast feed more than 7 months”

               

       (Medical Journal of Australia 1989)

Protection Vs Breast cancer- early age pregnancy, multiple births, closer births space

Closer birth space after 1^st pregnancy = lower risk of breast cancer

50 % less risk of breast cancer for early age and multiple pregnancy

          (Dr. Colditz- Society for Gynecologic Investigation 1996)

CONDOMS have HOLES !!!

5 MICRONS in size

50 times larger than AIDS virus

                                (0.1 microns)

                                                                (CM Rowland,Ph.D )