Let me sacrifice my reputation by stating that I had to look up whether women have prostates. They don’t, although the Skene’s gland was officially dubbed “the female prostate” by the official organ-naming organization in 2002. That said, “prostate cancer” is–AFAIK–strictly associated with men.

Hence the confused, “In the children that are born of these women?” question.

When Rep. Notter says she’s “anti-chemical,” she must be referring to acetylcholine and other compounds that aid in the proper functioning of the human brain.

Sigh. Shouldn’t there be some sort of basic knowledge/intelligence exam as a threshold for running for…anything?

Does this woman (sigh, our own worst enemy’s, as so often) not know that the term “contraceptive” covers quite a variety of methods, not just “the Pill?” And that even “the Pill” is no longer one or two types. Sheesh. Hasn’t she even seen a Yaz commercial?

Hey, where’d edit go? I couldn’t hear Notter’s answer to the question, that is, is the effect found in children? Can anyone elucidate? (not that it matters. Talk about putting a bureaucrat between patient and doctor!)

See, they knew it all along. If you (a male) partake in nasty fun monkey sex with these harlots who take contraceptives, your dick is going to fall off. Or you’ll get prostate cancer and have to be castrated. Or something….

I fully support Rep. Notter’s efforts to get dudes to stop taking birth control pills.

Shouldn’t there be some sort of basic knowledge/intelligence exam as a threshold for running for…anything?

No…paraphrasing Mark Twain, if there were no idiots in Congress it would not be a representative body.

Another edition of simple answers to simple questions…

Representative Notter is the Roman Hruska winner for the depths of stupid.

Okay, so I looked it up. This study actually does exist, although the fact that Notter can’t actually tell you anything about it probably tells you more than you need to know.

Bits you should know:

As shown… [OC] use was significantly correlated with prostate cancer incidence in the individual nations worldwide .. in Europe.. and by continent… All other forms of contraceptives (ie, intrauterine devices, condoms or vaginal barriers) were not correlated with prostate cancer incidence.

[A] plausible explanation for the association between OC use and prostate cancer is the potential environmental impact of OCs. … [However,] several recent studies have demonstrated that PCa may not be related to endogenous androgens.

Some may argue that our results only reflect screening and treatment patterns for prostate cancer, with the more developed countries having both a higher use of OCs and a higher incidence of prostate cancer. Unfortunately data on worldwide screening tendencies or prostate specific antigen (PSA) use is unavailable. However, we included a multivariable analysis controlling for GDP per capita… OC use was associated with both incidence and mortality, even when controlling for GDP. We believe this analysis has strengthened our hypothesis considerably; however, additional confounding does exist and should be explored in future studies. Finally, we cannot report the true levels of EDCs in the water supply and food chain. We hope such data will be available in the near future.

Short version: they’re hypothesizing that oral contraceptives are getting into the water supply, although it hasn’t been confirmed that that would even increase the likelihood of prostate cancer. It also has nothing to do with intrauterine devices, trans-dermal devices, or hell, condoms.

In short, it sounds a lot like Notter is looking for any damn reason to be down on birth control.

Dating yourself, man…but I’m laughing (ruefully and bitterly).

Well, scientists have found that a lot of drugs (not just contraceptives!) get through sewage plants and into streams. Also, they’re finding BPA and a lot of other stuff in the water supply, and those are known to hav estrogen-like effects.

(Maybe Notter could follow the level of science in Science News, but I kind of doubt it. You need a working brain, first.)

This is utter bullshit.

If there are hormones in the water (not at all unlikely) then probably 90% of them are from pumping chickens and other livestock full of estrogens in their feed. (Americans like white meat, and the estrogens make breastesses grow bigger. In chickens, too.)

Totally OT, but that is my usual wont.

Twice I’ve noticed your use of a possessive pronoun used to modify a gerund (e.g., for his defending). Of course, it should have been “for his defense” considering the sentence, but that’s neither here nor there.

You sure paid attention during that day of rhetoric, didn’t you?!?!?!

Bravo, sir.

Fixd

Hmph. Looks like defense is a better choice here but….as I learned it in both English and Latin – a gerund is used as a noun, therefore a possessive is the proper form to modify a gerund.

Okay. grammar maven hat removed. I’ll go look at Wembley again and calm myself.

I could swear she says “prostrate” the second time that word is mentioned.

Okaaaaaaaaaaaay, we’re supposed to believe a ‘study’ that links the pill to prostate cancer but global warming is a hoax and fracking has absolutely no affect on ground water. Got it.

Can I just be spared from idiots for just a while?? Good God. I used to have Randy “Duke” Cunningham (in the slammer) as my Congressman and now I have Brian “you can tell illegal aliens from their shoes” Bilbray and fucking Darrell Issa is right up the road. Jesus H. Christ. Is there no justice? Is there no mercy?

I remember the 70′s and I ain’t going back. These assholes have really, really underestimated American women:

1) We are now more educated than American men
2) We are more numerous and we vote
3) You even START to lecture us (or our children) on ‘the pill’ and you really, really ain’t gettin’ any, you asshole you (hat’s off to Tejanarusa and and Lysistrata).
4) Can San Diego please get some leftwing radicals now? Apparently, left wing is now anyone who believes in birth control. Christ on a crutch.

“Can San Diego please get some left wing radicals now? Apparently, left wing is now anyone who believes in birth control. Christ on a crutch.”

No, “left wing radicals” are people who think fixing potholes is more important than a new football stadium. Anyone who believes in birth control is an atheist who discriminates against the “Christian minority.”

Praise Jeebus….

Do you have a cite for that? Chickens aren’t mammals, and don’t have breasts in the mammalian functional sense. Or does the estrogen just increase muscle growth in the breasticular area?

DoucheHat manages to sink lower and lower, while getting paid to do so … wait, that sounds dirty !

I’m sure they’re just as worried about hormone-imitating compounds.