WARNING: ANGRY RANT ABOUT ABORTION RIGHTS, ETC., AHEAD.
So UW-Health wants to open a second-trimester abortion clinic, as the clinic in town has stopped offering them due to their qualified clinician retiring. Unsurprisingly, there has been major, major backlash against their decision and wants
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For many adamant pro-lifers, the abortion argument isn't even about abortion itself! It's about a potential life being more important than a realized human being who is alive, here and now, and who is the one who must go through nine months of hell if she is not ready for pregnancy.
I have tocophobia, which is the severe fear of pregnancy and childbirth. I get chills, clammy hands, and anxiety attacks when I think about becoming pregnant.
When I was diagnosed with epilepsy, I chose Trileptal as my medication because it had the least amount of side effects and was more GABAergic than Lamictal. Trileptal acts on certain enzymes that break down hormonal birth control pills faster in the liver. I could certainly keep taking the birth control pills, I would just need to take a much much higher dosage. I was told that the anti-seizure drug would only decrease the contraceptive's effectiveness, not cancel it. So really, I'm just taking a mid to low dose birth control pill instead of the high dose it started as.
And all I can think about is hpw happy I am that it at least works. I also use neem oil and take neem supplements, and Adam also takes neem supplements. In India, neem is being studied as a contraceptive and spermicide, it just hasn't reached the US yet.
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