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...already drawn sharp criticism not only from right-tolifers but from medical authorities and some pro-choice supporters. Promoters of self-help abortions are looking at several methods, including RU 486, the controversial French pill not yet available in the U.S. But most of the attention is focusing on menstrual extraction, a technique that can be used to end a pregnancy through the eighth week. At a recent meeting in Dallas, sponsored by the local unit of the National Organization for Women, more than 100 women saw a 30-minute videotape that showed how the procedure is performed with...
During Follini's subterranean stay, her sense of time had elongated. Her "day" extended to 25 hours, then to 48 hours. She tended to sleep for 22 to 24 hours, then burst into activity for up to 30 hours. She ate less frequently and lost 17 lbs. Her menstrual period stopped. In short, her internal biological clocks had gone out of whack...
...doctors are not aware of biological rhythms. For instance, patients may react more strongly to allergy tests that are given in the evening than to the same tests done in the morning. Last week Dr. William Hrushesky of Albany Medical College reported that women who undergo mastectomies during their menstrual period appear to have a higher risk of dying from breast cancer within five years than women who are operated on in the middle of their monthly cycle. Hrushesky speculates that hormones produced during menstruation somehow have a negative effect on the body's immune system...
Look, I like listening to U2 too--its really chilling, haunting stuff to the uninitiated ear. But I don't buy it. When you think about it, all this pre-menstrual screaming and yelling is reminiscent of nothing so much as the whining and complaining that we used to associate with funky female folkies. Methinks that the band doth protesteth too much, and this lack of subtlety, this blunt polemicism, can cut an album but it can't cut an attitude...
...until they are confirmed or refuted by other studies involving greater * numbers of women -- and men. In the meantime, the findings could easily be misused. For one thing, the study could encourage some male-chauvinist bosses in their belief that women workers are unpredictable and unreliable because of their menstrual cycles. Says Molly Yard, president of the National Organization for Women: "I think the study could be used by some people to denigrate women...