I found a link to this story at one of my favorite inflammatory religious sites, cathlete.com. If you want to read it, it's here. This story states, among many other things, that the products from birth control pills, released into the environment cause male sterility. It infers that there have been some sort of studies that at least suggest this may be true.
What's interesting is that it is a complete fabrication. It doesn't state that these products would likely be the metabolites of either estrogen or progesterone. It doesn't specify which. It doesn't state that these metabolites would be released into the environment via the urine of women taking birth control pills that eventually cycle into potable water supplies. It doesn't cite any studies or the agency or institution that did them.
In fact, estrogen and progesterone are some of the most common hormonal types found naturally in the environment. They are produced by nearly every plant or animal complex enough to possess a discrete reproductive system. In fact, you can drink all the urine your birth control taking girlfriend produces, if that's your thing and it won't affect the vigor or quantity of your spermatozoa.
That's not to say that birth control pills don't have their downside. They can contribute to stroke and cardiovascular disease and may be carcinogenic. It's typical of religion to need to make up even more reasons that they are dangerous.
What this shows is that the religious do not not engage in empirical reasoning. They do not understand the scientific method. They prefer to deal with scientific fact the same way that they do with religious dogma. They just make it up as they go along.
Anybody who is religious and not seriously developmentally disabled, needs to re evaluate their relationship with the church.
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