STD’s Abortion Eating Disorders Resources
There are 62 Sexually Transmitted Diseases including several strains of these diseases. There are 25 STD’s that are listed as “significant”.
1 out of 6 teenagers contact a STD each year.
Women are two times more likely that men to contact a STD.
Teen women are much more likely to contact a STD than a woman age 20 and over.
A woman can get pregnant approximately 24-36 days out of the year.
A teen can contact a STD (including AIDS) 365 days out of the year.
Condom Failure rate at preventing a pregnancy is 17 – 33%.
Condoms leak 30% of the time if… “no one moves” – Get Real.
It is much easier to contact a STD than get pregnant. The HIV cells for example are 500 times smaller than sperm cells. So, if a condom would protect against a pregnancy it might not protect against the HIV virus or any other STD.
Most common STD – Highly contagious – Causes infertility – Blindness in baby born to infected woman.
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Genital warts – Can cause cancer of the cervix. Condoms are useless to the prevention of HPV – Skin to skin contact. 4,600 women each year die of HPV.
17% of previously uninfected marriage partners with an infected partner became infected with the AIDS virus while using a condom.
70 – 80% of people infected with the AIDS virus have no visible sign of the disease.
AIDS virus contacted between partners practicing heterosexual sex is the fastest growing transmission form of the disease.
HIV / AIDS virus often lays dormant in the body for 6 – 10 years. The newest method of testing for the HIV / AIDS virus is a saliva test.
Though rare, the AIDS virus has been transmitted through saliva exchange.
20 – 65% of sexually active people are infected with Herpes. Type II is far more dangerous to the baby being born to infected mothers than is Herpes Type I. The baby born to an infected mother has a 40 – 50% chance of also being infected with Herpes and if born, a 60% chance of dying.
Especially damaging to women. The disease is transmitted by the man 66% of the time and by the woman 33% of the time. Symptoms if they appear at all, show up 2 to 21 days after sexual contact.
These are just a few of the more prevalent Sexually Transmitted Diseases that effect teens today. Some can be cured, some can be treated, but all can cause serious damage to your body. AIDS is 100% fatal. No one survives AIDS.
** Medical Institute of Sexual Health – Austin, TX
Dr. Ann Speckhard, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota published a study on the long-term manifestations of stress from abortion (5 to 10 years).
Her findings:
81% reported preoccupation with the aborted child.
73% reported flashbacks of the abortion experience.
69% reported feelings of “craziness” after the abortion.
54 % recalled nightmares related to the abortion.
35% had perceived visitations from the aborted child.
96% in retrospect regarded abortion as the taking of life or as murder.
Open Arms is an organization in Colorado Springs, Colorado that is for victims of Post Abortion Syndrome. All of the workers/counselors at Open Arms are women who have had abortions in the past. Here is what two of them say about the short term effects of abortion on women.
“After my abortion I just tried to go on living a teenager’s life, but I was really depressed. I dreamed about the baby. I had guilt that would never end. I started hating myself for what I had done.” – ‘Kim’
“After my (suction) abortion I had heavy bleeding and severe cramps….two days later I ‘passed’ my baby. He had tiny hands and feet and I could make out his little nose. I was horrified! Sorrow overwhelmed me…. Years of turmoil followed. The relationship with the baby’s father dissolved….so did my belief in love. I drank too much, did drugs, and entertained any mat who would look at me. I was starved for acceptance.” – ‘Kathy’
Intense pain Death
Punctured uterus Inability to become pregnant again
Excessive bleeding Miscarriage/Stillbirths
Infection Tubal Pregnancies
Parts of baby left inside Premature births
Shock/Coma Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Damage to other organs Hysterectomy
Dr. Bernard Nathanson, OB Gyn.
Self starvation which results in a 25% or more weight loss.
Fifty percent of Anorexics develop Bulimia as well.
Females make up 90 – 95% of all Anorexia cases.
Eating as much as 20,000 calories in an 8 hour time period and then:
Purging (throwing up) or Non-Purging (excess exercise, rubber suits, laxatives, etc…)
New eating disorder as of late 1994.
Involves eating as much as 20,000 calories in an 8 hour time period and then keeping it down.
50% get better
10 – 15% fully recover (rate may be much lower)
25% commit suicide
15% eventually die of E.D.
They have lost 25% of their body weight.
They have missed 3 or more consecutives periods.
They never want to eat in front of others.
They constantly weigh themselves.
They constantly say that they are fat.
They are obsessed with the thin = happiness philosophy.
The have been depressed lately.
They have binged on food to relieve anxiety.
They have suffered a loss of some kind (death, relationship, etc…)
They are 90 – 95 lbs on an average height frame.
If 3 ore more of the statements fit, the there is cause for serious concern.
The average age of an Anorexic/Bulimic is 16.
“Anorexics have consistently been found to be compliant, approval seeking, self-doubting, conflict avoidant, excessively dependant, perfectionist, and socially anxious.” Drs. Craig Johnson / Mary Chewning. Laureate Clinic and Hospital – Tulsa
Drs. Johnson and Chewning go on to state in their article titled, Good Reasons Why Young Women Would Develop Anorexia Nervosa: The Adoptive Context that, “Mothers (of E.D. victims) have been found to be intrusive, dominationd, or overprotective, and critical as well as socially introverted and phobic. They add that, “The fathers of anorexics have been found to be passive, suhmissive, emotionally sensitive, and withdrawn.”
Something has often triggered the onset of an Eating Disorder. Help must be received immediately. The earlier that help is found, the higher chance of full recovery. Must not let pride stand in the way. After all we all have only one life on this earth.
- Weight Restoration
- Emotional needs found and dealt with.
Minnesota Citizens Concerned For Life (MCCL)
4249 Nicollet Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55409
(612) 825-6831
Plugged In Magazine
Colorado Springs, CO 80995
1-800-232-6459
Medical Institute For Sexual Health
1-800-892-9484
National Eating Disorder Organization (NEDO)
Laureate Hospital
6655 South Yale Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74136
(918) 481-4000
Rapha – Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
8876 Gulf Freeway
Suite 340
Houston, TX 77017
(713) 944-1111 or Admissions Inquiry 1-800-227-2657
True Love Waits – Sexual Abstinence Until Marriage
1-800-458-2772