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Conservative Catholic College Rejects Birth Control

Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Walmart, Conscience Clause, Belmont Abbey College, Gender Discrimination, Reproductive Rights, Religious Freedom, Reproductive Health, Contraception, Birth Control, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Health Care, Religion, Living News
Reproductive Justice

Belmont Abbey College argued in court that it was a secular institution in order to receive state funds, but then removed birth control from its employee health care plan. Their reason? The Catholic Church.

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The Abortion Addict

Carol Hoenig | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books

Read More: Abortion, Lolita Lebron, Birth Control, Irene Vilar, Impossible Motherhood, A Memoir of Family Secrets, Activist, The Ladies Gallery, Books News
Carol Hoenig

I could not understand how one woman made the decision to have fifteen abortions in as many years. As a pro-choice supporter, this disturbed me.

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Former Planned Parenthood Director's Holes In Story Revealed In Recent Radio Interview

Amie Newman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, RH Reality Check, Birth Control, 40 Days for Life, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Politics News
Amie Newman

How did Ms. Johnson become the director of a Planned Parenthood center that provides abortions up to 14 weeks without having seen an ultrasound image?

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Whose Right to Sex Education?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abstinence Education, Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Virginity Pledges, Sex Education, Guttmacher Institute, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Barack Obama, Wisconsin, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

What did we get for $1.9 billion? Nothing good. Abstinence-only education has been shown to have no effect on how much teenagers have sex - none.

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Condoms Rival The Pill's Popularity Among Women

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Health, Birth Control, Sex, Style News

The condom has now caught up with the pill as women's preferred method of contraception, latest figures suggest....

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Birth Control Health Hazards: Popular Contraceptives Put Women At Higher Risk For Blood Clots, Strokes, Other Health Problems, Researches Say

nytimes.com | NATASHA SINGER | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Birth Control Health Problems, Health Problems Contraceptives, Contraceptives, Birth Control Blood Clots, Women's Health, Health, Birth Control Health, Birth Control, Birth Control Strokes, Living News

But recently, the Yaz line's image has been clouded by concerns from some researchers, health advocates and plaintiffs' lawyers. They say that the dru...

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Teaching to the Choir on Marriage

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Marriage, Birth Control, Christian Right, Teen Sex, Evangelical Christians, Sex Education, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

Opposing sex is such a losing battle that some advocates are proposing, if not an actual retreat, at least an advance in a new direction.

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Birth Control Could Help Developing World Combat Climate Change

AP | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Population, Population Growth, Reproduction, Reproductive Rights, World's Population, Third World, Climate Change, Birth Control Pill, Sexual Rights, High Population, Birth Control, Contraceptives, Developing World, Condoms, Global Warming, World News

LONDON — Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Frid...

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Women's Labor and Infertility

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Family Friendly Policy, Later Motherhood, Infertility, Labor Day, Resolve, Health Care Reform, Birth Control, Work-Life Balance, Business, Delayed Childbearing, Living, Women's Work, Fathers, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

Released from old biological constraints, women have flooded the universities and climbed career ladders, redefining "women's work" by expanding it to include just about every field, and doubling our national talent pool.

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Media Blind to GOP Hypocrisy in Health Care Debate

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Tom Coburn, Ultrasound, Charles Grassley, Oklahoma, Npr, Health Care Reform, Reproductive Health, Meet the Press, Birth Control, Republicans, Democrats, Gang of Six, Politics News
Angela Bonavoglia

The Republicans protesting health care reform are the same people who have brought us an avalanche of governmental regulations dictating the availability of women's reproductive health care.

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Abortion Is New Front in Health Care Battle

Wall Street Journal | FAWN JOHNSON and LAURA MECKLER | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, National Organization for Women, Naral, Death Panels, Reproductive Health, Pro-Life, Now, Planned Parenthood, Town Hall, Roe v. Wade, Health Care Reform, Birth Control, National Right to Life Committee, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life Democrats, The Family Research Council, Health Care, Politics News

Most versions of the Democratic health plan would create subsidies for lower-income people to buy private health insurance. If that insurance includes...

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Women's Health Is Universal Health Care

Cecile Richards | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Health, Health Care Reform, Abortion, Contraception, Birth Control, Barack Obama, Planned Parenthood, Women's Rights, Politics News
Cecile Richards

Does anyone else see the irony in the U.S. bishops wanting to define universal health care as covering everything except for what they don't support?

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Women Need a Plan B

Kelli Conlin | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Reproductive Health, Plan B, Birth Control, Naral, Reproductive Rights, Health, Politics News
Kelli Conlin

Heightened awareness is critical to increasing use of Plan B: a safe, effective back up method of birth control. Nearly 40 percent of women 18-30 remain unaware of this valuable medication.

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Why We Love Mad Men

Victoria Namkung | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, Gender Politics, Sexism, January Jones, Racism, Matthew Weiner, Birth Control, Don Draper, Fashion, Mad Men Premier August 16, Mad Men Season Premier, Sterling Cooper, Home News
Victoria Namkung

While it may seem like watching Mad Men is like opening an archive to the past, I think we watch it because its themes are symbolic to the present.

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Misleading Attacks on Women's Health

Cecile Richards | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Reproductive Health, Health Care Reform, Women's Health, Cecile Richards, Family Research Council, Health Care, Choice, Planned Parenthood, Politics News
Cecile Richards

It was only a matter of time before the right-wing campaign against health care reform began to focus on abortion, and last week the Family Research Council pulled out all the stops.

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Catholic Bank Apologizes For Owning Shares In Birth Control Company

BBC News | Posted 09.02.2009 | World

Read More: Pax Bank, Birth Control, Germany, Catholic Bank, World News

A Roman Catholic bank in Germany has apologised after admitting it bought stocks in defence, tobacco and birth control companies....

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China Abortions Pass 13M, Prompting Critique Of Sex Ed Programs

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Abortion, China Abortions, China Abortion, China Abortion Rate, Birth Control, China Birth Control, China Daily, China Population Laws, China Population, World News

BEIJING — China performs more abortions than any other country in the world, about 13 million a year, mostly for young single women who aren't u...

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How Green Is Your Birth Control? (POLL)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Vegan Condoms, Iud, Safe-Sex, Eco-Friendly Birth Control, Diaphragm, Vegan-Condoms, Green Sex, Birth Control Pill, Green-Sex, Intrauterine Device, Copper IUD, Sex, How Green Is Your Birth Control, Copper-Iud, Safe Sex, Birth Control, Condoms, Green Lifestyle, Green, Green Living, Eco-Friendly Advice, Poll, Green News

With the abundance of contraceptive products available, many have begun to examine the environmental ramifications of their birth control. The fear of...

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Why Do Pro-Life Activists Oppose Sex Education?

Steven Waldman | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Jill Stanek, Pregnancy, Contraception, Birth Control, Abortion Reduction, Family Planning, Living News
Steven Waldman

Would pro-lifers accept more premarital sex if it meant fewer abortions?

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Happy Belated Daddy Day

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Changing Work Rules, Later Motherhood, Tony Randall, Breaking Entertainment News, New Later Fatherhood, Families and Work Institute, Birth Control, Dads Childcare, Father's Day, Birth Timing, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, Breaking Living News, Relationships, Work-Life Balance, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

While wishing Happy Daddy Day this weekend, let's take a minute to appreciate how much more involved in the lives of their kids dads are today.

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Why I Don't Volunteer

Daniel Cubias | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Latinos, Population Growth, Cultural Norms, Volunteering, Charity, Immigration, Birth Control, Hispanics, Condoms, Barrio, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Among my numerous flaws is the fact that I'm not very charitable. Yes, I give money to worthy causes, but I'm stingy with my time. My wife does volunt...

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Welcome to Common Ground

Scott Swenson | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Religion, Politics, Women's Rights, Women, Family Planning, Birth Control, Contraception, Common Ground, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Is it possible that in President Obama's election, Americans have a chance to heal the body politic from the divisiveness the abortion issue has caused for a generation or more?

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New Health Disparities Report: More Context for Higher Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Among Women of Color

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Women of Color, Health Disparities, Guttmacher Institute, Iud, Women's Health, Health, Racism, Birth Control, Politics News
Sharon L. Camp

A Kaiser Family Foundation report documents persistent disparities between white women and women of color in rates of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, AIDS and cancer.

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Jeff Muskus

Right-Wing Protesters: Birth Control Will Kill You

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Life League, National Organization for Women, Birth Control, Health, Thepillkills, Contraception, Now, Planned Parenthood, Kim Gandy, Birth-Control Protests, All, Politics News

Unable to turn the public against sex, the pro-life movement will be on the march Saturday trying to convince women that birth-control pills will kill...

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5 Reasons We Still Need Feminism

Heather Wood Rudúlph | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Birth Control, Health Care, Sirensmag, Feminism, Third Wave Feminism, Rape, Living News
Heather Wood Rudúlph

More offensive than the man-fever these movies suggest all women have is the cavalier manner in which women will turn on one another to get the prize.

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