Why Is Animal Experimentation a Women’s Issue?

Most informed people understand that animals make poor models in general for biomedical research. The varying physiologies and biochemistries of different species make it extremely difficult to apply animal data to human patients. But many people don’t realize that animals are particularly unsuited for research into gender-related illnesses. Human sex differences provide unique variables that simply cannot be accounted for in animals; hence animal research into women’s health issues is especially wasteful and irresponsible.

Animal Suffering

Animals used in women’s health experiments suffer and die in horrific ways. They are mutilated, poisoned, and starved. They have their bones broken, their arteries sewn shut, and their heads chopped off. They are locked alone in filthy cages, sometimes for years. These animals endure the worst that laboratories have to offer, and it is all done in the name of women.

Stupid Experiments

There are countless examples of animal experiments conducted in the name of women’s health issues that can only be described as stupid. Pregnant rabbits are forced on treadmills to study exercise in pregnancy. Rats are starved to study anorexia or have chili peppers applied to their cervixes to study cervical pain. Each study seems more ridiculous than the last. We look at some of these experiments one at a time using common sense and expert analysis to show that they are both cruel and scientifically useless. Take a look at these stupid experiments.

Important Women’s Health Issues

Animal experimentation means big trouble for some of the issues most important to your health. Experimenting on animals takes funds away from non-animal research that could lead to cures for diseases like breast cancer and osteoporosis. These funds could also be spent on preventing disease through outreach and education or by providing healthcare services for women in need. Animal experiments also mislead researchers by providing false cures or failing to show real ones. Find out how breast cancer, pregnancy, osteoporosis, menopause, and other health issues relate to animal experiments and why women will be healthier if animals are kept out of laboratories. Learn more about these important health issues.

Proven Ways to Help Women

So what are the alternatives? Non-animal methods of biomedical research, including genetics and stem cell research, offer exciting possibilities. Epidemiology and clinical studies increase our understanding of what causes illness and how we can best fight it. Finally, prevention is always the best way to fight illness. By encouraging changes in diet and lifestyle, as well as encouraging preventive medicine and early detection, we can stop most illnesses before they start. Find out more about alternatives.