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Oral contraceptive agents are expected to be legalized in Japan in the near future. Although pills are more convenient and effective than other methods used in Japan such as condom (73%), IUD (12.4%) and Ogino Method (11.0%), they are not safe for many women. Neither will legalization of pills necessarily reduce the number of abortions. The abortion rate per 1000 women aged 15-44 is 29.3 in America where pills are legal, and 22.5 in Japan where they are illegal. Steroid hormones affect the overall physical and mental functioning of the human body. Pill-users who are near 40 and/or smokers may have such side-effects as high blood pressure, cerebrovascular-related syndrome, and thrombosis. Among very young pill users, side-effects include temporary amenorrhea after stopping pills, 4 times more cases of thrombosis triggered by emergency operations on appendixes and fractured bones, and development of uterine myoma. Side effects are more prevalent among those who have a family history of diabetes, circulatory organ dysfunction, high blood pressure, breast or ovarian cancer. Minor side-effects include weight increase, nausea, blemishes, acne and pigmentation.
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