Ignore 2,000 Years Of Wisdom At Your Peril
People love to mock The Church for her stance on birth control. Catholics are mocked, impugned, laughed at, dismissed and worse for even suggesting that perhaps, just maybe interfering with the natural rhythms of life isn't right and will end up harming those who practice it.
Now we hear of evidence that the latest form of "The patch" may be causing blood clots in women:
The Food and Drug Administration warned users of the popular Ortho Evra birth control patch that they are being exposed to more hormones, and are therefore at higher risk of blood clots and other serious side effects, than previously disclosed.
Until now, regulators and patch-maker Ortho McNeil, a Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, had maintained the patch was expected to be associated with similar risks as the pill. But a strongly worded warning was added to the patch label Thursday that says women using the patch will be exposed to about 60 percent more estrogen than those using typical birth control pills.
"I wish I had known. It's quite likely I would never have used it," said Jennifer Cowperthwaite, 26, of Broad Brook, Conn., who still suffers breathing problems after a blood clot reached her lungs two years ago after using the patch.
2,000 years is a long time to develop wisdom. Too bad more Catholics don't heed it.
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