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[return to
women's health]
Chemical contraceptives kill her sex drive
By Mary Worthington
A study in the
Journal of Sexual
Medicine in January 2006
highlights the negative
effects of hormonal
contraception on the sex
drive of a woman. The
conclusion of the study
states that while there
is a link between
chemical contraceptives
and a decreased sex
drive, more evidence is
needed for an accurate
correlation to be seen.
If The Pill is causing
such trauma and stress
in the lives of women,
why is it promoted as
the be-all, end-all for
worry-free sexual
relations?
Our culture is obsessed
with sex, and Pope John
Paul II said once that
our culture is afraid of
sex. We are afraid of
the reality of babies
and commitment, so we
have allowed our selves
to be spoon-fed the
rhetoric of the
contraception movement.
Getting back to the
harms that contraception
brings, let's address
two things.
First of all, chemical
contraceptives work
primarily in suppressing
ovulation. As a natural
part of biology,
however, a woman
naturally will feel a
stronger urge to have
conjugal relations
during the time she is
ovulating, when
fertility is at its
peak. It is only during
those 3-7 days that
pregnancy can be
achieved. [1] If a woman
is not ovulating, it is
because her body is not
producing the proper
chemicals for ovulation.
When using chemical
contraceptives, the
body's natural hormones
are suppressed and there
is a chemical imbalance.
Because this chemical
imbalance is
purposefully induced,
there is no wonder that
there is a decreased
desire to have sex.
Secondly, if a woman is
suffering from a sexual
dysfunction, there is no
reason to believe that
this dysfunction would
not permeate every
aspect of her marital
life. This will result
in frustration of their
conjugal life both in
fertile and non-fertile
times. Because of the
use of hormonal
contraceptives, men are
equipped with the means
to abuse women. On the
other hand, if a couple
is using Natural Family
Planning, the couple
must carefully chart the
precise times that the
woman is ovulating and
work with that naturally
bodily element.
In his 1960 book, Love
and Responsibility,
Karol Wojtyla (who later
became Pope John Paul
II) wrote of the need
for men to work with the
natural biology of a
woman's fertility cycle.
Male continence must
therefore adapt itself
to the indications which
the woman's organism
provides… The marital
relationship demands on
his part tenderness, and
understanding for the
feelings of the woman.
In this sense
responsibility for
planned motherhood rests
mainly on the man, for
only continence on his
part makes it possible
to capture the correct
biological rhythm in
marriage.
With this new evidence,
it is quite
irresponsible for
physicians, social
workers, educators,
clergy, etc to be
promoting a drug in the
name of liberation of
women which actually
brings her more harm and
increases her chances of
being abused by her
intimate partner
(hopefully, that man is
her husband). It is
inconsistent with the
message of the feminists
that men are able abuse
women more by the very
ideals the feminists are
promoting.
ENDNOTES:
[1] Pregnancy has
occurred outside that
range, however it is
very unlikely and rare.
[2] Read the abstract of
this article on the
website of the publisher
at
www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00198.x
[3] Karol Wojtyla, Love
and Responsibility,
Ignatius Press edition,
1993, p. 283-284
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
Mary Worthington is the co-founder of
No Room for Contraception. She has
been active in the pro-life movement for
six years, and has had a special
interest in exposing the harms of
contraception for the past ten years.
Mary is a graduate of Franciscan
University of Steubenville with a BA in
Theology and minor in Human Life
Studies.
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