Ceasing the Poison
Depo Provera (Depo), approved as a birth control method in the U.S. in 1992, is a synthetic hormone progestin injection lasting three months. It is used as a form of contraception, and as a form of chemical castration for sex offenders. It is 97-99.7% effective. According to the American Pregnancy Association, it works by preventing the ovary from releasing the egg, thickening the cervical mucus so sperm cannot travel up into the Fallopian tubes to fertilize an egg, and thinning the lining of the uterus so that a fertilized egg cannot implant. Given that the progesterone hormone used in Depo is chemically different than the natural progesterone in our bodies, it sometimes causes side effects different than those that our bodies would normally produce. (Frederick R. Jelovsek MD) "On Depo Provera I became depressed, fat, irritable, and uninterested in sex." (Sarah Littlecrow-Russell) I can personally attest to this having taken the shot as means of birth......

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