Reproduction

No more periods thanks to Lybrel

Hailed by time magazine as one of the top medical breakthroughs of the year, women can now dodge the nuisance of their monthly periods. Its called Lybrel which is a name meant to conjure up the images of liberty. Its made by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and the new contraceptive is similar to the conventional Pill except without the placebo sugar pills making it the first continuous use birth control drug approved by the FDA.

Needless to say, a contraceptive like this is not without controversy. Many have said that a period is the epitome of fertility and femininity, and that stopping menstruation is unnatural.  In fact one of the main reasons the original pill had the placebos was because the Vatican was against it for the same reasons.

So time magazine may be right that its a major breakthrough, but its not a medical breakthrough.