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Veg. BC Pills?
Okay, so I'm 15/f
Do NOT worry. I'm not planning to get sexually active any time soon so don't lecture me.
But anyways, I was on this site and I came across and topic posted up by someone saying that birth controls weren't veg/vegan suitable because they use animal stuff in there.
Well, what exactly ARE birth controls made from??
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as far as I know, the only vegan birth control method (that I've heard of) is the vegan condom under the brand condomi. regular condoms use sodium caseinate to clarify the latex. condomi condoms work exactly the same and are as safe as any others. there's a chapter in the book Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World that completely deals with the birth control issue.
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Birth control pills are estrogen, which is a female hormone. When you are pregnant your body produces more estrogen, and does not produce any more eggs, so as to prepare for the fertilized egg that is inside you to grow into a healty baby. So, when you are on birth control pills, they put more estrogen into your body, to fool it into thinking that you are pregnant so your body doesn't produce any more eggs.
Now as to why they are not vegan suitable. I am not 100% sure, but I would say that they must use estrogen from animal sources to make the pills. However I am sure that they don't kill the animals to get the estrogen, most likely they extract it from the urine of pregnant mammals, like cows, pigs and/or horses. This is common. I have never heard that vegans boycott birth control pills for that reason, but it does make sense, and it is an animal product. sooooo
I hope this info helps
Michele
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