Study finds high rate of depression in women who use birth control
Briana Oser
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A study published by Cambridge University Press on Monday found an important link between depression and the usage of oral contraceptives.
The data analyzed a subcohort of women who completed an online Mental Health Quotient (MHQ) to determine the relationship between women who have symptoms of depression and the usage of oral birth control. It found that 130% of women who began using birth control as teenagers had a higher rate of depressive symptoms compared to women who never used birth control.
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The study concluded that oral contraceptives are a cause of depression. It prefaced its conclusion with a statement that most women have no trouble at all with mood-related side effects, “making them a great option for many.” But if depression is at a drastically higher rate in women who use birth control compared to women who don’t, can’t we safely conclude that birth control is not such a great option?
The study accounted for confounding variables, such as the number of births given by women and the age they first had sex. These are both variables that consider sexual activity. What is the top reason why women take the pill? To have sex and avoid unwanted pregnancies.
We now have evidence that birth control is a cause of depression. If inhibiting women’s natural biological functions has consequences, we might question its popularity in our progressive world.
Progressivism seeks to control nature. It advertises sex as a “natural” function and encourages it on those grounds. However, this is only insofar as sex performs for pleasure and not its actual biological (or natural) purpose.
Birth control, like other contraceptives, enables this mentality. It allows us to bend nature to our will and have as much sex as we want, without the consequences.
Many of our excuses for sexual liberation claim to be rooted in biology. After all, progressivism fails if it does not idolize and prioritize scientific advancement. An example of “biological evidence” that defends sexual liberation is the proclaimed health benefits of sex, such as improved blood pressure levels and sleeping habits.
Contrary to common understanding, we can improve our blood pressure and sleep by other means, such as jogging every day or taking frequent brisk walks. We don’t have to balance our health with unnatural depressive symptoms.
There are many other biological functions we try to control. If we feel that we were born as the wrong sex, we think we can just change our hormones and our body parts. Again, “experts” often ignore biological evidence.
Some people, they say, are born with chromosomal markups outside the XX and XY pairing. And, during fetal development, the masculinization or feminization of the brain occurs independently from the development of sex organs.
Medically, the former case is an abnormality. Intersex individuals are often infertile, and if they are not, they either produce a male or female gamete (not both). And although the gender development of the brain occurs separately from the development of sex organs, both developments are part of the same process as defined by their chromosomes.
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Our biology resists unnatural chemical alterations. Our lifestyles affect our bodies. When we take a pill that hinders our hormones just so that we can have more pleasure, attempting to avoid all natural consequences, our biology protests. Likewise, we have seen countless negative reactions to surgical gender transitions.
Natural birth control involves no negative side effects. If we don’t want children, we should avoid the action that will produce children. In ignoring this, our progressive world ironically moves backward.
Briana Oser is a summer 2023 Washington Examiner fellow.