Planned Parenthood’s “Birth Control Girl”
Yesterday Planned Parenthood was excited to post (“Birth Control Girl spotted in our nation’s capital!”) this photo on Twitter…
We’ve previously featured Birth Control Girl here, Planned Parenthood’s one weird-looking-woman ad campaign to stop co-pays.
In the future I expect to see Birth Control Girl with Child, since Guttmacher reports 54% of pregnant mothers were using contraceptives the month they got pregnant.
Or Birth Control Girl with Double Mastectomy, since oral contraceptives greatly increase the risk (250-420%) of a very aggressive form of breast cancer.
Or Birth Control Girl with HPV… or Genital Herpes… or Chlamydia… or HIV, since oral contraceptives do not protect against STDs whatsoever.
But I did have to smile when reading the only comment the photo of Birth Control Girl has thus far received, from lifehaspurpose, i.e., our friend Ryan Bomberger with the Radiance Foundation…
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Looks like judge supreme Elena Kagan!
Planned Parenthood actually gives the HIGHEST FAIL rate birth control out. OHHH the IRONY! hahah.
And that is kind of funny that they say ‘birth control girl spotted in our nation’s capital’ .. I mean, why is she spotting? Isn’t that an early sign of pregnancy? Someone should get them better birth control… ;)
Couldn’t resist Jill, mwuah!
Jenni Coffin
I love lifehaspurpose guy! That’s awesome!
That is one insipid costume. I presume she’s getting paid well to make a fool of herself.
Thank you, Jill, for that information about oral contraceptive’s link to that type of breast cancer. The more I learn about BC, the more I’m glad I stopped using it right before I got pregnant with my second child. (I originally stopped taking it because it was causing me issues and I was sick of it).
Birth Control Girl looks like she is sporting a beard. Makes sense that a guy would be out lobbying for birth control in order to have promiscuous sex & avoid responsibility. Real men & real women DO have self-control & take responsibility for their actions. Sadly, “responsible” is now liberal code for “birth control” and when that fails, “abortion”.
They don’t want to pay for their abortions… now they don’t want to pay for their birth control poison pills…
What exactly are these people willing to pay for?
Don’t forget- Birth Contol Girl with a stroke and/or heart attack!
Aha, I love that comment by lifehaspurpose. That is AWESOME.
I once considered trying out birth control to help with “that time of the month.” Mine can get pretty bad sometimes. But once I started reading about all the risks and all the ways it can make you die… I decided I’d rather stick to popping ibuprofen every few hours. I would rather be in pain for a week than be dead!
I once considered trying out birth control to help with “that time of the month.” Mine can get pretty bad sometimes. But once I started reading about all the risks and all the ways it can make you die… I decided I’d rather stick to popping ibuprofen every few hours. I would rather be in pain for a week than be dead!
Steph–Have you tried the multi-vitamin Optivite PMT? I THINK (don’t quote me) but I THINK it’s supposed to help with menstrational issues. I can’t say for sure if it worked on my cycle, but I do take it and it’s a good multi-vitamin that can double as a pre-natal. I think you can get it on Amazon, but also through VitaCost, you can check and see if your pharmacy will order it. It’s over-the-counter (as far as I know you don’t need a perscription, I never needed one for it). I still take it and well, I don’t have any complaints. Start off with a low dose and take it with a meal (I only take 2 in a day, but I’ve heard you can take up to 6–2 with Breakfast, then 2 with Lunch and then 2 with dinner), but my doc told me only to take 2 in a day for now. Anyway, who knows, it might be worth a try.
Hey Steph, I also get terrible periods. I used to lay on my bed and scream because the cramps were so horrible. When I lived at home my mom couldn’t believe my pain could be that bad. Having gone through natural labor (medicine free) I can say that my menstrual cramps feel just like labor.
So I tell you that to let you know I understand exactly how you feel. I also was put on BC pills as a 20 year old girl by my ob/gyn (and I was still a virgin at that time) to combat the cramps. And it did help. But at what risk, right?
After I had my son I had pain-free periods for about a year and then little by little every month got worse till I was back to painful periods (though not quite as bad as when I was a teen) but still very much painful and horrible. I have just recently discovered that taking B-complex vitamins helps a lot and I’m not sure why that it is but it does help. Maybe it will help for you too? Good luck! It sucks to suffer through that every month! I KNOW!
Some birth-control girls are less equal than others.
At least it looks funny, not offensive like waving pictures of dead fetuses in childrens’ faces.
What makes those fetuses dead? That is really the offensive thing – the thing that takes them from alive to dead. That would be abortion/choice.
If they hadn’t been aborted they would have just been babies.
Is there any need to insult the looks of these young girls? Why not pray or hope that they will be educated and see the light? Resorting to name-calling and basically calling them ugly is just cruel and unnecessary. Disagree with the idea, do not degrade the person. You will win no hearts or minds with insults, in my opinion.
I wonder if PP would counsel women and men into the legal issue of STD’s. some thing that pill-girl could do!!!. my theory here is that they say is about education also, so if they test for STD and give a “clean” report to they costumers then this person could Sue the counter part in an event of infection. Or could costumers of PP that were in any contraceptive method sue PP because it resulted in a fail therefore in a pregnancy? and then PP eat the cost of abortion? what super hero pill-girl would do?
I had a good experience with the contraceptive pill — which I didn’t take for contraception. I was told it might increase my breast size. I took it and that happened and the effects were permanent. I was very pleased.
While taking it, I continued being a technical virgin and took no chance whatsoever of getting pregnant because I am so repulsed by abortion.
Denise, I wouldn’t want bigger breasts from a pill if that same pill raised my risk of getting cancer in those breasts.
Is bigger breasts worth your health and your life? I can’t answer that for you but for me lighter periods (I never got bigger breasts) was not worth my health, my fertility and my life.
Does anyone know about late condoms being unhealthy and lubricated condoms? I heard this on another pro-life website and it kinda concerned me seeing my husband insists on using condoms. Apparently they introduce carcinogens into the vagina? Disconcerting to say the least!
Sydney M. says:
June 13, 2011 at 10:22 am
Denise, I wouldn’t want bigger breasts from a pill if that same pill raised my risk of getting cancer in those breasts.
Is bigger breasts worth your health and your life? I can’t answer that for you but for me lighter periods (I never got bigger breasts) was not worth my health, my fertility and my life.
(Denise) People were discussing negatives about the Pill so I gave my positive experience for some balance. I didn’t have any bad side effects from it. I haven’t taken it in many years.
Almost everything has risks as well as costs and benefits.