Menstrual Suppression for Soldiers and Astronauts

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Yeah, but this isn’t for medical reasons, it’s for allowing females to serve in the military
 
Why? (Not being critical, genuinely curious). I really, really wouldn’t want to be deployed anywhere with my spouse for myself. How do I think clearly if I’m doing something needful and my spouse is doing something dangerous?
 
However, being artificial contraception is prohibited in the Catholic Church, does this mean female Catholics can not serve without violating their beliefs ?
No. Women in the military are not required to take birth control pills.

Have you ever served? You don’t seem to have the most accurate conception of the military frankly.
 
A single Marine on the ground is different than an incapacitated pilot up in the sky equipped with bombs and missiles. If the pilot hits the wrong target he wreaks a lot more damage than a single Marine.
 
But according to the Army regulation presented earlier in this thread, it’s one of the reasons why menstrual suppression is necessary
 
the unit is only as strong as the weakest person.
Again with the implication that women, especially menstruating women, are weaker, or less than, or disabled. Please stop.
They’re not treated as individuals but as part of a unit

At least that’s the way it was when I served in the USMC
In my experience in the military (2 different branches) the good commanders did both. The individual supported the unit and the unit supported the individual. Neither really works fully without the other.
 
Why? (Not being critical, genuinely curious). I really, really wouldn’t want to be deployed anywhere with my spouse for myself. How do I think clearly if I’m doing something needful and my spouse is doing something dangerous?
They just had loud arguments constantly and it was awkward for everyone around them.
 
No they’re not

Fighter pilots are part of a squadron and fight as a unit, not individuals
 
Women have 60% of the upper body strength of a man, that’s a fact of life.

I served in an infantry combat unit as an M60 Machine Gunner

I was part of that unit and didn’t do my own thing.
 
But according to the Army regulation presented earlier in this thread, it’s one of the reasons why menstrual suppression is necessary
That’s not a “regulation.” It’s just an article by some Army nurse. Female soldiers can just ignore it if they choose.
 
When it comes to birth control pills fir medical treatment purposes, let me again stress this:
While that is a legitimate use of birth control, it is usually not the best option health wise. The menstrual cycle is an indicator of general health and if a woman is experiencing problems such as very heavy flow, extreme cramping or very irregular cycles, one ought to find the source of the problem and treat that condition. Of course there can be some cases where no exact condition can be found or treated and everything there is to be done is to mitigate symtoms, but that is very rare. If your doctors proposes birth control to manage menstrual problems, I would suggest a second opinion from a nfp-friendly practioner.
 
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What exactly is your point?

Each pilot is seen as an individual and not only as part of a squadron.

Even if you see the squadron only, it would do well to make sure all parts of the squadron is up to the job, because as you said, a group is only as strong as its weakest link.

I still hold to the idea that a pilot holds more firepower than a marine.
 
By Col. Michelle Munroe, DNP, CNM, AN, OTSG Women’s Advanced Practice Nursing Consultant
Yes, I know. That’s not a regulation. It’s a news article. This colonel decided to write an article giving her two cents about contraception and deployment. It’s not an order. Soldiers can freely ignore it.
 
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The point is the article the OP had in question

It seems that it would be a problem during the time of war
 
If your doctors proposes birth control to manage menstrual problems, I would suggest a second opinion from a nfp-friendly practioner.
Even for single chaste women?

NFP practitioners aren’t exactly common so it would be burdensome to travel out of state just to see a NFP practitioner?
 
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Tuffsmurf spelled out details but our point is the same. I think! Hormonal birth control and iuds can have very bad effects on the body.
Heavy and painful periods can also have negative effects on the body.

Plent of situations can suppress periods, pregnancy chief among them. Some of these are medically problematic, others not so much.
 
Fighter pilots are part of a squadron and fight as a unit, not individuals
How many fighter pilots did you know? The vast majority of the ones I served with were among the most individualistic people I ever met.
Women have 60% of the upper body strength of a man, that’s a fact of life.
And also not relevant to this discussion. And only when looking at overall averages. I personally knew many women that I would not want to be involved in a lifting contest against, and I am not exactly a weakling.
 
If a female soldier who took such a measure were deployed someplace where she ran the risk of being raped, how would the potentially abortifacient effect in the event of rape and impregnation square morally?
The last part about a female soldier being potentially raped seems risible because nobody plans on those scenarios occurring and it is unlikely to happen.
Women don’t plan on being raped but rape happens, especially in war. If suppressing menstruation means that a rape victim can’t get pregnant then that sounds like a very good reason to allow it to any woman in danger of rape.
 
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