Dear Centers for Disease Control:
Thanks for the recommendation that I get on artificial birth control or else stop consuming alcohol. I know you have my best interests at heart.
However, I think I'm going to keep both my fertility and my booze.
I fail to see how consuming a type 1 carcinogen whose primary effect is to:
flood my system with synthetic hormones to prevent ovulation
and whose secondary effect is to:
create a hostile uterine environment in which a newly conceived babe could be aborted
is best for women or babies. I'm actually feeling rather condescended.
Tell you what?
How about I continue to honor my fertility and read my signs rather than put a bandaid over any pathology or mute the conversation between my husband and I about family size?
How about we discuss the long term risks of using hormonal birth control, instead of putting a prescription in the hand of every woman who goes to her doctor with some kind of female complaint?
How about honoring biology and scientific evidence? We've got to stop divorcing sex from babies! It is completely insane.
And what about honoring "scientists" as the gods of Truth? When we give our bodies into the hands of these people and corporations unquestioningly, we lose the chance to learn and get real answers.
Ranty ranty rant rant! I need a drink.
Don't worry! I know exactly where I am in my cycle, and my husband and I make daily decisions about how to wield this amazing feminine power. I am being responsible, people.
I raise this glass to YOU, empowered Catholic (and non-Catholic) feminists***!
***No bras were burned in the making of this post
