{"id":13590,"date":"2025-09-21T07:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=13590"},"modified":"2025-09-21T07:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T14:52:21","slug":"womens-infertility-is-big-pharmas-cash-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/womens-infertility-is-big-pharmas-cash-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Infertility Is Big Pharma\u2019s Cash Cow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Anecdotal, but women on Reddit were complaining about PCOS being worsened with the COVID gene therapies and boosters. They&#8217;re just starting to get into real studies on adverse effects of these highly experimental gene therapies, but they&#8217;ve done a lot of damage. And since the OCGFC are eugenicists, that&#8217;s enough of a reason alone for what they&#8217;ve done to women, but they also profit heavily from pharmaceutical megacorps, as they&#8217;re always working multiple angles in their schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/columns\/opinion\/womens-infertility-is-big-pharmas-cash-cow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/columns\/opinion\/womens-infertility-is-big-pharmas-cash-cow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_c0ebc7fc-c613-451c-af9f-0a23fa02753b\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By Katarina Pfister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PCOS is the top cause of infertility, but 70% of cases go undiagnosed while drug companies and IVF clinics make billions treating symptoms, not causes.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Falling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/american-fertility-rate-hits-all-time-low-as-dems-clamor-for-foreign-replacements\">birth rates<\/a> have become a national obsession \u2014 for good reason. The U.S. fertility rate has plunged to 1.6 births per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, the Trump administration floated proposals to reverse that trend \u2014 a $5,000 one-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/trump-admin-5k-baby-bonus\">\u201cbaby bonus,\u201d<\/a> expanded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/09\/07\/trump-the-fertilization-president-has-yet-to-deliver-the-babies-conservatives-want-00547981\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IVF funding<\/a>, and fertility education classes. But while the high cost of having and raising children demands attention, a deeper, avoidable crisis hangs over women\u2019s fertility \u2014 one under-addressed by doctors, nearly ignored in research, and scorned by the mainstream media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If America is serious about reversing demographic decline, it must start with reproductive health at its root.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2023\/09\/14\/a-growing-share-of-americans-say-theyve-had-fertility-treatments-or-know-someone-who-has\/#:~:text=What%20types%20of%20fertility%20services,procedures%20are%20used%20less%20often.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Millions of American women<\/a> long to bear children but wrestle with infertility caused by conditions that doctors too often write off or treat only with drugs. Doctors prescribed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eviemagazine.com\/post\/6-myths-about-the-birth-control-pill\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cthe pill\u201d to teens<\/a> to regulate cycles rather than investigate root causes of their irregularity; now, they too often rely on medications as default treatment instead of exploring environmental, nutritional, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/align\/\">lifestyle<\/a> interventions. One glaring example is polycystic ovary syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Underdiagnosed, underfunded<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Polycystic ovary syndrome remains the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/polycystic-ovary-syndrome#:~:text=Polycystic%20ovary%20syndrome%20(PCOS)%20affects,affecting%20women%20of%20reproductive%20age.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most common cause<\/a> of female anovulation (absence of ovulation) and one of the leading causes of infertility in the world, affecting up to 13% of reproductive-age women. It disrupts ovulation, floods the body with androgens, like testosterone, increases the risk of miscarriages, and plagues women with irregular cycles \u2014 yet up to 70% remain undiagnosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PCOS research funding remains woefully low. From 2016 to 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertstert.org\/article\/S0015-0282%2825%2900409-1\/fulltext?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PCOS received about $31.8 million annually<\/a> \u2014 versus $262 million for rheumatoid arthritis or $420 million for lupus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertstert.org\/article\/S0015-0282%2825%2900409-1\/fulltext?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cdespite similar degrees of morbidity and similar or lower mortality and prevalence.\u201d<\/a> In 2022, the NIH reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CMR-HE20_41-00185723\/pdf\/CMR-HE20_41-00185723.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">just $9.5 million<\/a> dedicated to PCOS. That\u2019s negligible compared with the disease\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/elifesciences.org\/digests\/85338\/pcos-price-tag\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$15 billion-a-year U.S. cost<\/a> in medical care, complications, and mental health impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women as cash cows<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Current treatment of women with PCOS indicates a culture of profit over prevention. Pharmaceutical companies and fertility clinics thrive on long-term medication and expensive IVF cycles \u2014 not on teaching diet shifts, endocrine-safe living, or stress reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrition and the environment&#8217;s impact on health cannot be discussed without being labeled as \u201canti-science.\u201d The tragedy is that PCOS is not only treatable but in many cases manageable through lifestyle interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC9964744\/#:~:text=Abstract,help%20treat%20and%20manage%20PCOS.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PCOS is often influenced by genetics<\/a> \u2014 such as family history with type II diabetes \u2014 it\u2019s also strongly tied to insulin resistance, poor metabolic health, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/return\/why-are-americans-so-fat-a-radical-group-of-online-scientists-has-a-theory\">obesity<\/a>, and environmental stressors. Nutrition, exercise, weight management, and reduced exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals can dramatically improve fertility outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even modest changes \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC5411334\/#:~:text=Modest%20reductions%20in%20energy%20intake,et%20al.%2C%202011).\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 5%-10% weight reduction<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/return\/why-are-americans-so-fat-a-radical-group-of-online-scientists-has-a-theory\">overweight<\/a> women or a shift toward lower-glycemic diets \u2014 have been shown to restore ovulation in many women. But such non-invasive and inexpensive advice is considered \u201cbody-shaming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Touch the holistic third rail<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Women\u2019s health, especially fertility, has become fodder for political punditry on both sides of the aisle \u2014 with little real research, funding, or solutions for root causes. Instead, women have become cash cows for an entrenched medical-industrial complex that profits from endless prescriptions and IVF cycles, while ignoring what might prevent infertility in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cthird rail\u201d of holistic fertility care gets dismissed as \u201canti-science.\u201d That\u2019s part of the problem. It\u2019s time to touch the rail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If America is serious about reversing demographic decline, it must start with reproductive health at its root. That means early screening for PCOS, education about metabolic health, and shifting from a medical culture of symptom management to one of holistic fertility stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women deserve it, and the future generations of Americans \u2014 literally \u2014 require it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anecdotal, but women on Reddit were complaining about PCOS being worsened with the COVID gene therapies and boosters. They&#8217;re just starting to get into real studies on adverse effects of these highly experimental gene therapies, but they&#8217;ve done a lot of damage. And since the OCGFC are eugenicists, that&#8217;s enough of a reason alone for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13591,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590\/revisions\/13591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}