The Right to Life, Liberty and Abortion on Demand

Just when you thought the arguments couldn’t get any lamer, ... funding cuts reduce money used by universities to subsidize birth control. The price of birth control ... Birth control is probably the largest preventative measure of abortion and unwanted pregnancies [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 23:54:29
Blog: Texas Rainmaker...

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Marketing Birth Control

SELF EXPRESSION THROUGH CONTRACEPTION Have you ever felt stifled in your ability to get your point across? ... offensive while abstaining from advertising the actual use of said product. These are birth control pills ... birth control! Yes, as a host of new bus and television ads proclaim, “Express yourself, try Alesse.” [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:29:28
Blog: Only Magazine: Because ...

A Bulleted List is the Only Way I’m Holding on to My Temper

It is news around the world - a top story - that Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney’s 16 year-old sister, is pregnant ... and birth control, and lobbying to make birth control options and sexual education available to young ... to affordable birth control. Or information about sexual reproduction. Imagine the stink [more...]

Date: 2007-12-19 16:50:20
Blog: Romance Novel Reviews -...

It ain’t necessarily so

While people have been looking back at 2007, we’ve been peering back a little further – to the Tomorrow’s World Annual 1970 ... for such a ban this month when he was left bleeding on the canvas The Prediction: Birth control pill for men ... : Compulsory birth control instituted, 2010 The Reality: If anything, the birth rate has fallen in the UK [more...]

Date: 2007-12-20 17:23:27
Blog: Wadds' tech pr blog...

Subsidized birth control on Utah’s college campuses

From today’s Deseret News: The No. 1 drug dispensed on most college campuses may be on its way to being more affordable, ... . 1, aims to restore eligibility for college health centers to obtain low-cost birth control ... medication. Birth control is not only used for family planning situations, but in many cases for other [more...]

Date: 2007-12-26 18:42:31
Blog: KVNU’s For The People...

It ain't necessarily so

While people have been looking back at 2007, we’ve been peering back a little further – to the Tomorrow’s World Annual 1970 ... for such a ban this month when he was left bleeding on the canvas The Prediction: Birth control pill for men ... : Compulsory birth control instituted, 2010 The Reality: If anything, the birth rate has fallen in the UK [more...]

Date: 2007-12-21 11:18:35
Blog: Wadds' tech pr blog...

Baby Free For Less: Target Matches Walmart's $9 Birth Control Pill Program

targetstore.jpg Attention women who like the idea of $9 birth control: Target has announced that they will be matching Walmart's program ... of a generic birth control pill called Tri-Sprintec, two Wal-Mart pharmacies in the Twin Cities on Friday were ... are not getting the $9 birth control: Laws in Minnesota, Wisconsin and seven other states prevent [more...]

Date: 2007-09-29 21:42:28
Blog: The Consumerist: Shoppe...

Show & Tell: Bloggy Depth & Breadth

I'm continually amazed at the breadth and depth of the blogosphere... there is so much to learn, so much to read, so much to challenge and encourage ... an interesting article in Crosswalk called, "Why Some Evangelicals Are Throwing out Birth Control ... Reformation think about birth control?, you might ponder from time to time. Well, maybe not. But if [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 09:43:44
Blog: Making Home...

STD Profile: Chlamydia.

One of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, Chlamydia can damage a woman's reproductive organs before she even realizes there's a problem ... a condom correctly and consistently even if you are using another type of birth control. Birth control pills, the shot, the patch, etc., will not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases. Limit [more...]

Date: 2007-12-21 18:44:25
Blog: Birth Control Buzz Blog...

Once Again, My Employer's Drug Utilization Review Software Saves My Ass.

And of course what I mean by "saves my ass" is "wastes my fucking time"....and yours ... to be on two different forms of birth control. Not all types of birth control cut it. No female condoms, No progesterone-only birth control pills. -She needs to be on the two different forms [more...]

Date: 2007-12-10 11:08:04
Blog: Your Pharmacist May Hat...

FDA approves period suppression pill

captnyol98705182206no_more_periods_nyol987.jpg WASHINGTON - The first birth-control pill meant to put a stop to women’s monthly periods ... contraceptive to depart from the 21-days-on, seven-days-off regimen that had been standard since birth-control ... of two hormones already widely used in birth-control pills, ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel [more...]

Date: 2007-05-27 04:01:19
Blog: Clutch Magazine: fashio...

The Efficacy of Birth Control

Subject 1: babySaid, a four-and-a-half-month old boy with two bottom teeth and a penchant for squealing, is unreliable birth control ... who shows a keen but quiet interest in food. As birth control, he is inverse to a diaphram; he works best ... control for me, he's not only 100 % effective--he might also be permanent sterilization. Subject [more...]

Date: 2007-12-26 04:50:44
Blog: Lily Graypure...

Conscience Clauses: The Flip Side of Medical Futility

“Conscience Clause” laws that would permit pharmacists to refuse to fill birth control pill prescriptions or doctors to perform abortions, ... pharmacists to dispense birth control pills, and New York City requires all doctors training in city ... birth control pills. From the story: Pharmacist John Lane believes he has a responsibility to serve [more...]

Date: 2007-12-18 12:37:11
Blog: bioethics.com ...

Bearing the Fruit of Fascist Theocracy

To protect citizen's health care rights, Washington state regulators ruled that pharmacists may not refuse to dispense any medication based on ... after" birth control pill. Plan B works by using high doses of common birth control medication ... . To my seemingly never ending irritation, these rogue pharmacists equate birth control with abortion [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 08:11:13
Blog: Les Enragés.org...

Conscience Clauses: The Flip Side of Medical Futility

"Conscience Clause" laws that would permit pharmacists to refuse to fill birth control pill prescriptions or doctors to perform abortions, ... pharmacists to dispense birth control pills, and New York City requires all doctors training in city ... birth control pills. From the story: Pharmacist John Lane believes he has a responsibility to serve [more...]

Date: 2007-12-18 17:17:59
Blog: Secondhand Smoke...

Wow, I'm sorry I read

Wow, I'm sorry I read something wrong... In a post from this summer by the President of MN Citezens Concerned for Life, ... planned parenthood for information on abortion. This is merely about birth control. If birth control pills were easier to get I think there would be less teen pregnancy in this town. [more...]

Date: 2007-11-29 21:31:15
Blog: International Falls Dai...

Market solutions for college contraceptives...worked!

The Pill birth control contraceptive ... who have seen their birth control costs rise, in some schools soaring as high as 50 dollars. For low income ... she thought about switching to another method of birth control, something less expensive. She talked [more...]

Date: 2007-11-24 12:12:28
Blog: GraniteGrok...

Hormones May be Evil. Probably.

For the last several months my Doctor and I have been experimenting with various types of birth control ... descriptions of sex here; I'm talking about Ye Aulde Birth Control. My Doctor and I postponed it for as long as possible because birth control pills have been known to seriously mess up women who already [more...]

Date: 2007-12-20 18:10:17
Blog: Monitor Me ~ Rilla's Bl...

FDA Approves Oral Contraceptive That Stops Your Period: Birth Control Pill Lybrel Halts Menstruation

New Birth Control Lybrel Stops Periods This week the US Food and Drug Administration approved an oral contraceptive that, when taken as directed, ... of Lybrel are similar to other low-dose oral contraceptives, including an increased risk of blood clots ... until you study long-term outcome. And right now we don’t have that data.” (source) Lybrel’s FDA [more...]

Date: 2007-05-24 23:47:25
Blog: Lively Women ...

Another One from the Journal of Duh: Birth Control Reduces the Rate of Pediatric AIDS

by Jill Morrison, Senior Counsel National Women’s Law Center As reported in the Washington Post, ... control used is a CONDOM, then birth control is more effective in preventing AIDS and prolonging women ... this is one of the “best kept secrets” in HIV prevention in Africa: Birth control (used [more...]

Date: 2007-12-18 19:52:08
Blog: Womenstake...

Diabetes - Clinical Trials Update: July 20, 2006

This study will evaluate an investigational medication for type 2 diabetes ... periods, currently use birth control pills or have stopped using them within the last three months, are happy with the birth control pill, and want to continue using hormonal birth control methods may [more...]

Date: 2007-12-29 07:25:02
Blog: Cures For Diabetes ...

Citing beliefs, pharmacist drops birth control...

Billings Gazette BROADUS - Pharmacist John Lane believes he has a responsibility to serve humankind through his profession ... in a woman's uterus and grow into a baby. Beginning Jan. 1, Lane will no longer dispense birth control ... who meet income requirements will still be able to get birth control pills through the public health [more...]

Date: 2007-12-19 23:08:47
Blog: Mortuum Mundo...Vivum i...

Congress Trying To Force Pharmacists To Fill Perscriptions They Have A Moral Objection To

Birth control medications and devices, specifically. RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) ... with a prescription transfer. This is how I see it: If you’re employed at a pharmacy that sells birth control ... A congressional attempt to make pharmacists fill prescriptions for birth control pills and other [more...]

Date: 2007-12-23 17:58:14
Blog: Say Anything: North Dak...

Increase in Birth Control Prices: A Massachusetts Student's Perspective

Jamie Bence is a student at Wellesley College and a campus representative with NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts. Let’s face it. College is expensive ... expensive of skyrocketing birth control prices. But this year, that’s exactly what we’re getting. Here ... , we go to class and we make sure that when we have sex, we’re safe. Birth control pills are a [more...]

Date: 2007-12-20 18:56:15
Blog: Bush v. Choice: The Pro...

Jamie Lynn says she doesn’t have morning sickness but is not hungry

There has been a lot of speculation that Jamie Lynn Spears is further along in her pregnancy than the 12 weeks she admits to in the OK! article ... birth control? She was either pregnant or just about to get pregnant at that point. There’s a lot ... aimed at tweens. Some commentors chastised me for assuming she didn’t use birth control, as no birth [more...]

Date: 2007-12-20 10:58:44
Blog: celebrities-portal.com ...

How to avoid common birth control mistakes

Accidents Will Happen Chances are, you aren't using your birth control correctly ... and what you don't know could hurt you ... , Kady Ellison realized that she hadn't taken her birth control pill that morning. Or the three ... . In order to limit the amount of side effects, there's only so much hormone in each pill— [more...]

Date: 2007-12-23 21:19:52
Blog: eArticle Time.com...

Maine: Bandaids and Birth Control

When I read that Portland, Maine had voted to authorize the dispensation of birth control pills to middle schoolers — yes, ... active dropped by half in one year to 13%, the school board in this district felt that offering birth control pills was appropriate. Let’s not forget that we are not talking about 15-17 year olds here [more...]

Date: 2007-11-07 18:37:36
Blog: odd time signatures ...

Spears forgets to take birth control

Filed under: Moms, Rumors, Celebrity parents, Celebrity parents behaving badlyWhen you think about the mess that is Britney Spear's life, ... she is," a source tells Life&Style. Of course, an injectable birth control like Depo Provera might ... this year and still hasn't got it together when it comes to her birth control pills. "She's constantly [more...]

Date: 2007-11-06 13:03:00
Blog: ParentDish...

Women's Health Caught in Congress's Holiday Rush

Reproductive health advocates want federal lawmakers to enact a series of bills in time for the holidays. At the top of their wish list is legislation to lower the cost of birth control drugs on college ... of selling birth control drugs at steep discounts on college campuses and clinics. "Every day we don't [more...]

Date: 2007-11-29 14:48:53
Blog: Reproductive Health | R...

Birth Control Prices and the 08 Election

Editor's Note: With this post, we introduce you to "Youth Voices," our new collaboration with Choice USA, ... a general unwillingness to talk about the mattress rodeo. So when our birth control prices suddenly jumped in cost on campus (the NuvaRing, a kind of birth control I've bought from our health center before [more...]

Date: 2007-12-19 23:16:37
Blog: Blog | Reproductive Hea...

Cheaper Birth Control - for Most of Us

Consumerist reports that Target will be following Wal-Mart’s lead in offering a generic alternative to expensive ... program.In the case of a generic birth control pill called Tri-Sprintec, two Wal-Mart pharmacies ... to Tri-Sprintec as well as a second birth control drug and a fertility treatment. Minneapolis-based [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 17:09:36
Blog: PSFK - trends and ideas...

The Natural Law

This surely establishes, beyond debate, that deliberately contracepted sex is contrary to natural law!!!!! Humane Vitae vindicated ... QED! ... Janet Smith, take note! :-) New York Times November 8, 2007 Birth Control Pills May Clog Arteries By BLOOMBERG NEWS Birth control pills taken by about 100 million women worldwide may clog [more...]

Date: 2007-11-08 21:05:17
Blog: Mirror of Justice...

From the Sexual Revolution to another Birth Control Solution — "The Pill" for Men

Male hormone contraceptives are currently being tested which, from all indications, are safe, effective, and reversible ... . All in all, men involved in recent birth control studies experience many of the same side effects that women ... freedom and equality, but it does give couples another option when it comes to birth control [more...]

Date: 2007-11-25 09:00:39
Blog: DocShop – Patient Educa...

Free birth control phoenix arizona

Cost Of birth control”br Librer Contre Lavortement Essais Persuasifs Michelle toiallowson John calciferoleere Toys Td Ford falcon Linking relevant Cranendonk permanent hair removal Jennifer Lopez exceedless military Ranks last Yule bad acne acne rosacea skin attending natural right for acne acne free ware sample birth control pill and acne grainup [more...]

Date: 2007-07-20 21:50:34
Blog: Blog...

The Need to Bleed, Pt. 2

I got this comment on an old post called Defending the Need to Bleed. Period. I'm bumping it up because it's important ... in what you had to say. I am currently very frustrated with my doctors concerning birth control ... a second opinion before you go back on birth control pills. Depression can be life threatening [more...]

Date: 2007-12-25 19:47:42
Blog: The-Goddess...

Illinois teachers either ain't misbehavin' or ain't disciplined?

by Cal Skinner The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification maintains a list of teachers who committed ... to McHenry County’s pulling out of the Federal government's Title X birth control subsidy program. It prohibits discrimination in the dispensing of birth control drugs and devices based on age. (In other [more...]

Date: 2007-12-23 14:28:16
Blog: illinoisreview...

Bush's bitter pill for college women

Mary Ann Sorrentino says the White House is gouging the reproductive interests of young women in college: ... patch spin-offs is not new. These are the two most effective methods of birth control, second only ... pregnancies is bleak.   But the current birth control roadblock becomes even more unconscionable [more...]

Date: 2007-09-21 19:35:10
Blog: Not for Nothing...

Rally for Affordable Birth Control

Student outrage over the skyrocketing birth control prices at their college health centers is growing. Students facing doubling, tripling, and even quadrupling contraception prices are now organizing. Feminist Majority Founda... [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 14:33:11
Blog: Feminist Majority Found...

Fuck buddies...

So I've got what I'd call a fuck buddy now... This is interesting; ... a male birth control pill, but that doesn't help us at the moment. Another thing...just how ... control. Always an issue, birth control seems particularily one-sided... Since this relationship seems [more...]

Date: 2007-12-22 20:03:05
Blog: blogs | Progressive U...

Schools picking up birth control slack?

In response to the rising costs of birth control, some schools are taking on the burden themselves. Princeton, for example, began to subsidize the cost of oral contraceptives this month ... Janet Finnie said. "There were a number of students who voiced concern about losing access to birth [more...]

Date: 2007-12-07 14:41:21
Blog: Bush v. Choice: The Pro...

Hirsch on Knowledge

11/24 08:51 AM Friday, November 23, 2007 Student Activity Fee Should drug companies be forced to sell birth-control pills to college students at bargain ... of birth control, something less expensive. She talked to her mother, she said. In the end though [more...]

Date: 2007-11-24 13:51:39
Blog: Phi Beta Cons on Nation...

there goes the other one

(yes this is a rant against the Spears Family.) the older i get the more i realize we are doing a great disservice to the young women of this country ... men and women about birth control. i mean actually teaching them how babies are made with the hormones ... about birth control cause most women have no idea how they work. when Phillip and i got married [more...]

Date: 2007-12-19 19:57:00
Blog: Mamaebeth...

What Some Candidates Don't Want You to Mention

98 percent of American women have done it. 37 million Americans are currently doing it. Most of the GOP candidates oppose it. What is it? ... implantation will end a life. And pro-lifers insist the pill does that. Birth control then becomes abortion ... candidates (except Guiliani) whether he supports access to birth control. 91 percent of the [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 15:50:55
Blog: Blog | Reproductive Hea...

Yaz Attack!

Clearly you crafty liberals are at it again. You might have already noted the recent television advertisement campaign for a product known as Yaz ... a series of women who presumably use this birth control product. Floating over their heads or around them ... is, above all else, a birth control pill. It claims to deliver a variety of other benefits, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 16:29:20
Blog: Middle Earth Journal...

Britain to offer teens OTC birth control

London -- Teenage girls in Britain will be able to buy birth control pills from pharmacists without a prescription starting next year. Story: The pilot program is aimed at bringing Britain's teen pregnancy problem under control, The Times of London said Thursday. Women will be able to obtain the Pill for free after a private [more...]

Date: 2007-12-14 09:19:31
Blog: The Money Times - Money...

Thwarting Lactation Over Years = Develop Breast Cancer?

Breast cancer studies that analyze dna for genes that contribute to breast cancer are far less likely to bring about strong results than studies that have access to blind birth control prescription records across 20 years time. Isn’ ... of hormone pill birth control without any lactation cycle is the strogest primary factor leading [more...]

Date: 2007-12-27 04:03:23
Blog: ~Pentacles~...

I'd vote "no"

"How would *you* vote," Michael asks, on a proposal to re-instate previous subsidization levels of birth-control pills for college students ... and downloads from iTunes, should have been given such discounted birth control to begin with, and why drug ... . I'd vote "no", I think. (Michael: How would *you* vote?) For starters, I am inclined [more...]

Date: 2007-11-22 20:11:08
Blog: Mirror of Justice...

Thrills and Cheap Pills

From the Law of Unintended Consequence File, we get this stroke of genius: As Congress dashes madly toward Christmas, it should not overlook a sliver of language that would restore low-cost birth-control pills ... in January, the price of brand-name birth-control pills has quadrupled, or more, on many campuses [more...]

Date: 2007-12-28 03:14:40
Blog: Right-Thinking from the...

Sex Ed Extends Virginity

A new study finds that sex education greatly boosts the likelihood that teens will delay having intercourse ... who attended school, meanwhile, were 2.77 times more likely to rely upon birth control the first time ... to have no effect on whether female teens used birth control. According to Mueller, earlier large-scale research [more...]

Date: 2007-12-19 14:07:16
Blog: - Psych Central News...

Is Slippery Slope Logic Acceptable in an Argument?

These are just notes. As said before, trying to describe political positions as good/bad purely abstractly is the refuge of the scoundrel - the major ... birth control, abortion necessarily follows, and the family as an institution becomes ... from something like this: Birth control does not entail abortion.Since rights in a free society depend [more...]

Date: 2007-12-22 19:39:10
Blog: Rethink....

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