Posted on 11/26/2005 5:56:51 PM PST by Coleus
When the parents of 14 year-old Alycia Brown of La Crosse Wisconsin found out their daughter was sexually active, they did what the modern culture told them was the right thing to do; they put her on birth control, choosing the popular hormonal patch instead of the Pill. When on May 7, 2004, Alycia died suddenly of blood clots in her lower pelvis Michael and Lorie Brown decided to sue the deadly drug's manufacturer in the hopes of having it taken off the market.
The patch, which releases a dose of contraceptive hormones into a woman's blood stream through the skin, has been responsible for at least 17 deaths in women age 17 to 30 since its release in 2002, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.
In September 2004, a study by the FDA revealed 21 "life-threatening" conditions related to the patch such as blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks. The Browns' lawsuit claims the company intentionally withheld information from its own clinical trials and Food and Drug Administration records suggesting the increased risks.
Thus far, Alycia is the youngest of the patch's victims. Her mother told the La Crosse Tribune that the suit is only partly about collecting damages. "More than anything, I want it taken off the market," she said.
"Maybe I'll be able to save a life, if people know what happened to her."
Earlier this month, Ortho-McNeil agreed to improve the warnings on the labels for the patch to include the information that it had possible fatal side effects. The company admitted that the patch exposes women to about 60 percent more estrogen than those using typical birth-control pills.
Read Previous LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Ortho McNeil Corp Admits Birth Control Patch Blood Clot Connection
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05111404.html
Contact the FDA to request that the drug be taken off the market:
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville MD 20857-0001
1-888-INFO-FDA
(1-888-463-6332)
and your elected officials www.congress.org
Sounds like you are still carrying issues............. Led a sheltered life?? Smothered? Restricted?? Get a grip. Do you really think because you are restricted that you don't fight back on some level?
Forced them?? I don't think so...........
And you know their advice is abominable, why?? From what knowledge do you give this opinion?
Sexually active 14-year-olds weren't a major problem back when they simply got married and went to work. There is now a record gap between puberty and marriage. Unintended consequences.
In that case, you need to give up all forms of hormone-based birth control and, since all other birth control methods are far less reliable and pregnancy increases the risk of blood clots by a factor of twelve, you need to give up sex too.
We also need to ban peanut butter.
And that is where the real problem is. There is a myth that doctors can do no wrong and that you are not allowed to argue with them or tell them no. But now in our litigous society it is okay cause if things get screwed up then you can just sue them. I believe that is the case here. I am very sorry that this young girl died but it appears that her parents blindly followed what the doc suggested, no questions asked. If that is indeed the case, then they have no one to blame but themselves.
Why starving for affection?!...obviously we do have a parental void in the affection department, don't you think so?
Now, "if you loved me you would, be doing' it" to prove your commitment to me;...a line, I have to admit I have used many times over in my early age.
Now, that I have a daughter, I can teach her the street wise wisdoms as needed, and you can bet she is going to get the best of in regards to the so called "boyfriends".
Further more as a dedicated father, I will make sure who is dating my daughter(just like in the movie "Meet the Parents")and I will watch over her for the rest of her life.(subtle you understand, not overbearing)
At some levels, life is simple, it all depends from what stand point you are looking at!
LOLOL
Well I certainly don't see that happening.........
It can be if you let it and you are right, it all depends on your standpoint in life. The nice thing about fathers, like yourself, who have been the boy trying to get laid, you know what to warn your daughters about. They may not always listen but you have experience on your side.
Yes, I am with you. Basically, I always was........
:-)
aiding and abetting her death? No, I wouldn't go that far.
The parents are suffering enough. There isn't a jury in the world that would convict them of something like that.
I would have to make that judgment on a case by case basis, >>
For a 14 yr. old??? I guess you don't have a daughter. It's very wrong and immoral at that age for anyone. And who knows the age of the male, could be an adult which happens frequently where planned parenthood covers up statutory rape.
however the post you are responding to took no position on that . >>
yea, so?
I'm old enough to remember when the culture told the parents that the right thing to do was for the father to grab the boyfriend by the collar and get in his face and tell him if he ever laid a hand on his daughter again ...
Maybe you are too young to remember those days, but it seemed to work pretty well. Problem is, I don't know if it would today. Kids would probably call the cops and report the incident as an assault.
Interesting... I play Baldur's Gate (D&D) on the computer, and the story line revolves around BHAAL, Lord of Murder.
Can you cite sources? I enjoy proof of Planned Parenthood evil. Too many people today think they are a "benovelent"(sp?) organization.
nope, just true
My boyfriend's step-sister is pretty much smothered and restricted, and yet she still managed to have sex with her boyfriend once while her father was outside doing yardwork. She saw it as "being wild and rebellious".
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