For example, Danish research found women who took painkillers were more likely to have boys born with undescended testes - this can sometimes lead to future reproductive troubles.
But she says his previous statements on women's reproductive rights are troubling.
Mr. Ashcroft's answers on reproductive rights were also troubling.
Other animals like elephants have trouble restarting their reproductive cycle once they come off birth control.
Isn't it baffling that people who have long been indoctrinated in the social responsibility of reproductive self-control still have such trouble contracepting?
Shapiro claimed that a litany of epidemiological evidence showed that chemical exposure might be behind "spikes" in the incidence of breast cancer, reproductive problems among young women, endocrine troubles, mutagenic effects in young children, and declining sperm counts.
Most cited uses were for reproductive system, jaundice, kidney problems, skin troubles, eye diseases, wounds, and inflammation.
Reproductive impairments, the authors continue, can make those who have trouble conceiving "suspect as potential parents; their infertility may be seen as nature's way of signaling that they should not have children".
Re "In Choosing a Sperm Donor, a Roll of the Genetic Dice" (May 15): We are troubled that the rapid adoption of lucrative assisted reproductive technologies has outpaced the scientific and regulatory communities' ability to monitor the safety of these procedures.
About 25% of women of reproductive age and up to 50% of postmenopausal women are troubled by this condition [ 1].
