Washington, DC (02 September 2009) – A woman in Austin, Texas, is the latest victim of the deadly side effects of the birth control pill.

Patti Kelly, 28, was diagnosed in August with multiple blood clots in both lungs. Her doctor told her that if she hadn’t come into the emergency room when she did, she “could have died instantly.”

Kelly’s doctor named birth control as the driving factor in onslaught of the blood clots that could have caused Kelly’s death.

Marie Hahnenberg, project director for American Life League’ s “The Pill Kills” outreach, is not surprised.

“We are constantly hearing about problems that stem from the dangerous chemicals used in hormonal contraception,” Hahnenberg said. “Women have been told for years that the birth control pill is the answer to their medical complications, when it is only causing more problems – even death.”

In 2008, Johnson and Johnson spent at least $68.7 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by women who suffered blood clots, heart attacks or strokes after using the company’s Ortho Evra birth-control patch. This summer, lawsuits have been filed against Bayer’s dangerous and life-threatening Yasmin and Yaz birth control pills.

“Not only do the pill, patch, intrauterine device and similar birth control products cause great harm to the woman herself, but these products also can cause early abortions,” Hahnenberg said. “The physical and emotional perils associated with birth control are one of the most closely guarded secrets in the pharmaceutical industry. It’s time women knew the truth.”

For more information on the birth control pill and other hormonal contraception as well as victims of the pill check out www.thepillkills.com

American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death. For more information or press inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.

Vatican condemns IVF, the Pill

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By Philip Pullella in Vatican City | December 12, 2008

THE Vatican today said life was sacred at every stage of its existence and condemned artificial fertilisation, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning and drugs which block pregnancy from taking hold.

A long-awaited document on bioethics by the Vatican's doctrinal body also said the so-called "morning after pill" and the drug RU-486, which blocks the action of hormones needed to keep a fertilised egg implanted in the uterus, fall "within the sin of abortion" and are gravely immoral.

"Dignitas Personae" (dignity of a person), an Instruction of Certain Bioethical Questions," is an attempt to bring the Church up to date with recent advances in science and medicine.

It said human life deserved respect "from the very first stages of its existence (and) can never be reduced merely to a group of cells."

"The human embryo has, therefore, from the very beginning, the dignity proper to a person," the docment by the Congregations of the Doctrine of the Faith said.

It said most forms of artifical fertilisation "are to be excluded" because "they substitute for the conjugal act ... which alone is truly worthy of responsible procreation".

It condemned in-vitro fertilisation, saying the techniques "proceed as if the human embryo were simply a mass of cells to be used, selected and discarded."

The highly technical document said only adult stem cell research was moral because embryonic stem cell research involved the destruction of embryos.

In the document, the Vatican also defended its right to intervene on such matters.

"There are those who say that the moral teaching of the Church contains too many prohibitions. In reality, however, her teaching is based on the recognition and promotion of all the gifts which the Creator has bestowed on man: such as life, knowledge, freedom and love," it said.

American Society of Reproductive Medicine statement confirms the pill causes abortions

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08121206.html

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Contraceptive pill is polluting environment:

Vatican newspaper

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jAOv_zU_KMSFrB0Mt7QEcsO0c4vg

http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/contraception/morningafterpill.shtml

http://www.prolife.com/MorningAfterPill.html

http://www.all.org/article.php?id=10130

Presbyterians Pro-Life
P.O. Box 11130
Burke, VA 22009-1130

http://www.ppl.org/TS_MorningAfterPill_March2001.html

CathNews - a Service of Church Resources

Pill inventor slams ... pill

http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=11004

American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access

Published online on December 13, 2008

A Case-Control Study of Oral Contraceptive Use and Incident Breast Cancer

Lynn Rosenberg, Yuqing Zhang, Patricia F. Coogan, Brian L. Strom and Julie R. Palmer

http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/kwn360v1

The Hour Is Late

January 19th, 2009 by Patti Maguire Armstrong

Ladies and gentleman,

May I have your attention please? Put down the birth control. You heard me. Put it down and walk away.

http://catholicexchange.com/2009/01/19/115154/

It's wise to be wary of the pill

Angela Shanahan | January 10, 2009

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24891709-7583,00.html

Artificial vs. Natural?

by Janet E. Smith

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/smith/smith_12artificialnatural.html

Pharmacist explains decision to not sell contraception

(Publication Date: 02-12-2009)

http://www.catholiccourier.com/tmp1.cfm?nid=77&articleid=105574&cfid=9980178&cftoken=64532310

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The Pill may impair muscle gains in young women

http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNewsMolt/idUKTRE53G41020090417?sp=true

August 15, 2009

The Pill and the debt

http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gail/090815

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Gardasil Researcher Admits Vaccine May Be More Dangerous than the Disease

Less Than 10%, Maybe Even Less Than 1% of Vaccine Side Effects Reported

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/oct/09102903.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
16 February 2010
CONTACT: Katie Walker
540.659.4942| kwalker@all.org

Washington, DC (16 February 2010) - Over 50 women in Indiana are filing
lawsuits against Bayer Pharmaceuticals charging that use of the company's
Yaz and Yasmin hormonal birth control pills caused conditions ranging from
gallbladder-related injuries to strokes.

There are now over 25,000 similar reported cases across the United States.

"We're seeing an increasing awareness of the very real health risks
associated with hormonal birth control," said Marie Hahnenberg, project
director of American Life League's The Pill Kills project. "For years,
criticism of birth control has been a sacrosanct topic, but the victims of
hormonal birth control are too numerous to ignore any longer."

American Life League' s annual Protest the Pill Day on June 5 seeks to
educate women on the dangers of hormonal birth control - a class one
carcinogen on the same level as tobacco - through protests and activism at
birth control retailers nationwide.

"The birth control pill, patch, IUD, and similar birth control products can
cause blood clots, heart attacks and pulmonary embolisms," Hahnenberg said.
"How many lawsuits, injuries and even deaths could be prevented if only
women were properly warned, or better yet, if these dangerous drugs were
taken off the market?"

American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest
grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is
committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of
creation to natural death. For more information or press inquiries, please
contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

American Life League: The Pill Kills
http://thepillkills.org/

Attorney at Law.com: Yaz Injury Lawsuits Could Top 25,000 Cases (11 January
2010)
http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2010/01/yaz-injury-lawsuits-could-top-25000-cases/

The Indy Channel : More Than 50 Hoosiers Involved In Birth Control Lawsuits
(09 February 2010)
http://www.theindychannel.com/health/22505260/detail.html

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Vatican condemns IVF, the Pill

American Society of Reproductive Medicine statement confirms the pill causes abortions

A Case-Control Study of Oral Contraceptive Use and Incident Breast Cancer

The Hour Is Late

It's wise to be wary of the pill

Angela Shanahan | January 10, 2009

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24891709-7583,00.html

Artificial vs. Natural?

Gardasil Researcher Admits Vaccine May Be More Dangerous than the Disease

Less Than 10%, Maybe Even Less Than 1% of Vaccine Side Effects Reported

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Vatican condemns IVF, the Pill

American Society of Reproductive Medicine statement confirms the pill causes abortions

A Case-Control Study of Oral Contraceptive Use and Incident Breast Cancer

The Hour Is Late

It's wise to be wary of the pill

Angela Shanahan | January 10, 2009 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24891709-7583,00.html

Artificial vs. Natural?

Gardasil Researcher Admits Vaccine May Be More Dangerous than the Disease

Less Than 10%, Maybe Even Less Than 1% of Vaccine Side Effects Reported

Angela Shanahan | January 10, 2009

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24891709-7583,00.html