• kase@lemmy.world
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    I didn’t see this mentioned in the article, but I skimmed parts of it. Do they realize that preventing pregnancy isn’t the only reason people use birth control? Are they planning on making medical exceptions? Let me be clear, it’s still hugely fucked up either way; I’m just curious.

    I took BC for several years for my endometriosis, and I knew several friends who were prescribed it as teens to treat similar conditions. And sometimes they didn’t have a specific diagnosis, but they just had especially painful or frequent/heavy periods. Apart from that, aren’t there certain medical treatments that require you to take birth control for x number of weeks bc they could harm a potential fetus? I can’t remember a specific example.

    And, yeah, preventing pregnancy is pretty damn important too. Fuck those guys.

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      Do they realize that preventing pregnancy isn’t the only reason people use birth control?

      They don’t care

      Are they planning on making medical exceptions?

      No.

      Source: see abortion bans. Women with unviable pregnancies that will kill them can’t get abortions. Control is the entire point.

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        Source: see abortion bans. Women with unviable pregnancies that will kill them can’t get abortions. Control is the entire point.

        I just laugh now when people say “there will be reasonable exceptions”. We already went on this rodeo with abortion. There will be no exceptions. Reality is slapping voters in the face and they just don’t care.

        Women. When Conservatives are screaming that they hate you, believe them.

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      aren’t there certain medical treatments that require you to take birth control for x number of weeks bc they could harm a potential fetus? I can’t remember a specific example.

      Accutane. It’s based on vitamin A and will do all sorts of nasty stuff to fetuses.

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          That’s for serious cystic acne though isn’t it?

          The alternative would be incredibly oily skin, then, right?

          I had acne as a kid but not that bad. Tetracycline or Erythromycin were enough for them. Still, I’d see that like “dressing in layers”. Just like you can always add more layers but there’s a point where you can’t take them off…it’s probably easier to re-moisturize dry skin than to de-lipidize oily skin.

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            Idk, it wasnt super crazy, but I had tried a broad spectrum antibiotic that didn’t do much, so a dermatologist recommended acutane. It worked

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      In the video, in the link, he mentioned that birth control pills were used for all sorts of other things besides preventing pregnancy, like helping with acne amongst others. I wish I could quote you what he said, but I refuse to listen to it again, it’s infuriating.

      Anyways, point is, he knows and he believes all it’s uses are wrong.

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        Wonderful. /s

        But thanks. And it only makes it more ironic what he’s complaining about, because personally, getting my hormones under control made me way more emotionally stable.

        My condition was absolutely debilitating – I ended up doing 7th grade online at home, and it was miserable. If this idiot wants to take away medication that can keep a kid out of pain, I’d like to be first in line to personally rip his head off.

        I’ll add, the alternatives for 15 y/o me would have been stronger pain medication, or surgery. (…I mean, I switched to testosterone hrt after turning 18, and I guess you could consider that an option since it does stop periods. But somehow I doubt more trans people is what he wants lmao.)