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The end of the period. Pill will let women stop menstruating. Liberation or reckless experiment?
Macleans ^ | December 12, 2005 | Lianne George

Posted on 12/23/2005 10:27:20 AM PST by billorites

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To: rellimpank

LOL


61 posted on 12/23/2005 11:46:24 AM PST by lakeman (when a marine kills the only thing he feels is the recoil of his rifle)
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To: lakeman

--I knew this thread would need a little levity--


62 posted on 12/23/2005 11:48:46 AM PST by rellimpank (Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media---NRABenefactor)
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To: billorites

Pregnancy and breastfeeding work wonders for menstrual suppression. Too bad more American women don't try it. We are losing ground in the population war because we are all in grad school, at the office, or at Starbucks.


63 posted on 12/23/2005 11:49:01 AM PST by Wage Slave (peevish coot)
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To: prophetic

>Why did God tell the Israelites that there is to be only >40 day of purification for a woman after giving birth to >a Male child but there must be 80 days when the child is >Female??

The amount of spirit given to a born daughter is much more then a son (perhaps twice?), therefore, the longer waiting period before it is "safe", soul-wise, for intimacy.


64 posted on 12/23/2005 11:49:39 AM PST by bigcheese (JUST KIDDING CANADIANS!)
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To: rellimpank

--think of it--a biker world without red wings--


We always called it an Irish Sanchez..... -


65 posted on 12/23/2005 11:52:05 AM PST by Ribeye (Protective headwear courtesy of "Reynolds Aluminum Products - Implant Suppression Division")
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To: billorites

kind of takes the excitement out of it.


66 posted on 12/23/2005 11:59:15 AM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: Mordacious
I've never had what they call PMS in my life and seriously doubt it exists except in rare cases.

You may be right about "rare cases," but you should meet my oldest daughter. Twice. In the same month. First, I'll introduce you to the sweet, soft-spoken, demure little thing that I live with most of the month.

Then -- provided we time it right -- I'll introduce you to the illegitmate offspring of Damien and pea soup-spouting Linda Blair who inhabits her body for a few days each month. ;)

My wife and I think we erred by not naming her Sybil. It's clear that two people inhabit one body.

67 posted on 12/23/2005 12:00:41 PM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Agreed! You cannot take hormones every day and expect no repercussions....A cancer cluster waiting to happen for sure!!!


68 posted on 12/23/2005 12:01:14 PM PST by BossLady
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To: chae

This is actually old news. Many women know that taking conventional pills in a particular pattern (don't ask me how) will stop menstruation, for several months at a time (a period is needed for health reasons several times a year, and will occur eventually.)


69 posted on 12/23/2005 12:01:57 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: codercpc

I was on the DepoProvera shot for several years as well, and I'll say outright it was for birth control. I started it just after my marriage, stopped it to have a child, then started back. I loved it. No unpleasantness each month. Wonderful. But it turned me into a raving bi***. It also made me add on the pounds. Since I stopped the shots I've been much happier, lost 13 pounds, and, unfortunately, gone back to dreading that time of the month. Great shot, not for me. Very, very glad it's helping you. Obviously no medication is right for everyone.


70 posted on 12/23/2005 12:06:58 PM PST by YoungCurmudgeon (I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke to find that life is duty.)
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To: Mordacious

Lucky you for never having PMS, but I don't see how that qualifies you to know whether it is rare or not.


71 posted on 12/23/2005 12:09:33 PM PST by conservatrice
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To: billorites

Am I the only one who thinks of everything in terms of math?
Do the math: Six more days per month that you can have sexual intercourse, 12 months a year, 72 more days you can sc***, gives you a 19.7 percent increase in the number of days you can have sex.


72 posted on 12/23/2005 12:15:26 PM PST by jjmcgo
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To: balch3
Do you have a problem with the teachings of the Catholic Church?

I'm a Protestant and I most certainly have a problem with their stance on contraception.

73 posted on 12/23/2005 12:31:07 PM PST by jmc813
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To: billorites; GatorGirl; maryz; afraidfortherepublic; Antoninus; Aquinasfan; livius; ...

+


74 posted on 12/23/2005 12:46:29 PM PST by narses (St Thomas says “lex injusta non obligat”)
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To: billorites
Dr. Shari Brasner, a 40-year-old Manhattan gynecologist, says she, for one, just doesn't have time to menstruate

The former pro wrestler, turned former governor of Minnesota doesn't have time either.

75 posted on 12/23/2005 1:04:44 PM PST by NeoCaveman (If we ever banned air conditioning, I think people would move back, - Bob Bennet Ohio GOP)
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To: Aquinasfan
It was nice while it lasted.

We had a good run. 6,000 years or so of western civilzation is certainly an accomplishment. It's better to go out on top anyway.

76 posted on 12/23/2005 1:12:48 PM PST by NeoCaveman (If we ever banned air conditioning, I think people would move back, - Bob Bennet Ohio GOP)
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To: All

I'd like to know what impact this would have on a woman's iron level!

I'm anemic and have fought it for years. For some reason my bone marrow refuses to store iron. Iron tablets don't work and I've tried many of them, and the only way I get it is in food. I'll eat a steak now and then but I hate hamburger and spinach gets old!

Menustration depleats a woman's iron supply. If I could take it safely (I've got a clotting factor to consider) and it would help with anemia, I'd take it!


77 posted on 12/23/2005 1:17:08 PM PST by Kieri (Midwestern Snark Claw and Feather Club Member)
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To: ecurbh

I'll take a dozen! :~D


78 posted on 12/23/2005 1:24:31 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: television is just wrong
Wow, no menstration, no children, end of our existence??

Have you ~seen~ the same traffic on the freeway I have? I hardly think that's a risk :~D

79 posted on 12/23/2005 1:25:51 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yeah, in my city, it seems like most of them are immigrants (legal and illegal), not native sons/daughters, don't ya think?


80 posted on 12/23/2005 1:30:49 PM PST by john drake (roman military maxim: "oderint dum metuant, i.e., let them hate, as long as they fear")
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