The Message Is Clear to Young Women -- Avoid Steroids, Unless, Of Course, It's the Steroids in Your Birth Control Pills, Patches and Shots

Gee, what's all the fuss being raised over anabolic steroid use among young girls who are looking for the same edge that pro athletes are? After all, adults have been pushing synthetic sex steroids at young girls for a few decades now with the only complaints coming from those right-wingers who want to rain on a teenager's promiscuous parade.

But what if there is a little something in their protests? Could it be possible that they're right to be worried about the long-term effects of the incredibly powerful steroids that are the active agents of contraceptive pills, patches, implants and injections?

This brief and balanced article, published by the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, will shed some much-needed light as you ponder these important questions.