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Originally Posted by greekdee
The next year, the exchange student was from South Africa and stayed with another family. When they found out she was on birth control pills, a complete freak out occurred and they refused to let her remain in their home, even though she was not promiscuous -- the b.c. pills were for medical reasons. They didn't care and wanted her to go back to South Africa, but my neighbors stepped in and that's how they got their second exchange student!
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That is so ignorant. Birth control pills are the standard treatment for serious iron-deficiency anemia in teens, along with iron supplements. My sister (now a pediatrician) had to take them in HS. They dramatically decrease blood loss, which is the most common cause of the anemia. Now she has to have periodic IV iron supplementation.