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Controversial Study Links Birth-Control, Women's Wages

Posted 03.29.2012

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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/29/2012 09:58 AM EDT on LiveScience The early availability of the birth control p...

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6 Things You Need To Know If You're On The Pill

SavySugar | Posted 03.28.2012

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A hangover isn't the only side effect of heavy drinking. As the Huffington Post reports, binge drinking can increase the risk of pregnancy for women o...

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The Great American Ovary Debate: 2012's Super Wedge Issue

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.21.2012

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Sarah O'Leary

Conservative groups in particular found power and leverage with so-called wedge issues such as abortion and gay marriage in the past. With contraception, however, they've awoken the sleeping giant voting majority who don't want their ovaries to be debated.

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Fertility And Me

Toni Nagy | Posted 05.14.2012

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Toni Nagy

There is an expiration date on my uterus, a "sell by" number on my sexuality and not much I can do to prolong it.

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Catherine New

A Surprising Place To Buy Birth Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 03.09.2012

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When Lisa's monthly out-of-pocket costs for birth control rose 20 percent to $30 in December, it became too much. The 35-year-old switched to a cheape...

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Cara Santa Maria

5 Things Rush Limbaugh Should Learn About Birth Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.07.2012

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2012-03-08-Screenshot20120308at8.35.48AM.jpgRush Limbaugh made some comments this past week that raised more than a few eyebrows. In addition to being anti-woman, what he said is fundamentally anti-science.

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The Economic Impact Of The Pill

The New York Times | Posted 03.07.2012

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The recent controversy over contraception and health insurance has focused on who should pay for the pill. But there is a wealth of economic evidence ...

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Two to Tango: Why Women (Shouldn't) Have to Fight for Contraception

Remy M. Maisel | Posted 04.24.2012

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Remy M. Maisel

For all the progress we as a society have made toward equality for women, there remains a double standard on the issue of sex.

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Picture a Technology Revolution. In Contraception. It's Here.

Valerie Tarico | Posted 03.27.2012

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Valerie Tarico

Imagine a future in which we can simply toggle the default on human fertility, so that accidental pregnancy is a thing of the past and women become fertile only when they want to become pregnant.

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Study Says Many Teen Moms Didn't Think It Could Happen

AP | By MIKE STOBBE | Posted 01.20.2012

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ATLANTA -- A new government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant. In a survey of thousands of t...

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My 2011 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.24.2012

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This year we turn to the Democrats to find the winner of Destined For Political Stardom. If Elizabeth Warren manages to wrest Teddy Kennedy's old Senate seat away from the Republican usurper, she will indeed be on the road to Democratic stardom.

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Teens Use Birth Control -- But Not to Prevent Pregnancy

Cathy Margolin, L.Ac. Dipl. OM | Posted 02.14.2012

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Cathy Margolin, L.Ac. Dipl. OM

Do the 82 percent of teenagers using the pill for non-contraception reasons understand the risks of these drugs? Do they know all the possible ramifications of their choices?

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Should Nuns Be On Birth Control?

Ben Hirschler/Reuters | Posted 12.08.2011

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(Reuters) - Nuns should be offered the contraceptive pill, on health grounds, since it would cut their risk of getting cancer, two Australian doct...

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Would You Go Off The Pill To Test Your Relationship Chemistry?

Posted 12.14.2011

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Our friends over at TresSugar recently raised an interesting question: Would you go off the pill to make sure he's "the one?" They were responding to ...

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Sex Education Gets New Video Game

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 12.13.2011

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With various contraceptives on the market, from condoms to rings and patches and pills, men and women have a whole arsenal of ways to prevent unplanne...

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WATCH: 9 Unfortunate Birth Control Commercials

Posted 11.30.2011

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In honor of Advertising Week 2011, a time when advertisers gather to exchange ideas, celebrate great work, and discuss industry goals, we've decided t...

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Friday Talking Points -- Corporations Are People, Mitt?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.12.2011

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Chris Weigant

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Iowa straw poll is meaningless. The Republican debate last night in Iowa wasn't as meaningless, but will also soon be forgotten.

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The Nutritional Cost of Birth Control Pills

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 08.26.2011

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Craig K. Comstock

Scientific researchers have known for years that the birth control pill depletes nutrients, but to what extent have women been told this information and guided to supplements that will supply what's lost?

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Eco Etiquette: Is There A Green Choice For Birth Control?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Grayson

When considering the eco impact of birth control, it's important to remember this: Nearly any effective method is better than none at all.

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Five Things This Feminist Mom Is Grateful for on Mother's Day

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joanne Bamberger

On the tenth anniversary of being able to celebrate Mother's Day as a mother myself, I've been thinking of some things about babies and children and motherhood for which I am eternally grateful.

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Friday Talking Points [122] -- Bikini Bottom Update

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since it's the Friday after month's-end, the new monthly unemployment numbers were released today. Which adds another bar to the "bikini bottom" char...

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America's Favorite Birth Control Method Turns 50

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011

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CHICAGO — A world without "the pill" is unimaginable to many young women who now use it to treat acne, skip periods, improve mood and, of course...

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Catholics Call on Pope Benedict to Reconsider Vatican's Ban on Contraceptive Pill

Jon O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon O'Brien

It would be a lasting and wholly positive legacy if the current pope lifted the ban on the use of contraceptives to allow Catholics to plan their families.

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Weekly Pulse: FACE the Facts

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger In 1993, anti-choice extremists murdered a doctor, burned 12 buildings, set off a bomb, and blockaded ...

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Weekly Pulse: The Pill at 50 and Oklahoma's Extreme Ultrasound Law

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Fifty years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill. Needless to...

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