40 Years Later, an "Infallible" Ban on Modern Birth Control
The Church's policy paradoxically has made it harder for people of every faith to use safe and effective contraception, especially if they are young, unmarried, and poor.
The Church's policy paradoxically has made it harder for people of every faith to use safe and effective contraception, especially if they are young, unmarried, and poor.
Hillary Clinton | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is poised to put in place new barriers to accessing common forms of contraception by labeling them "abortion." We can't let them get away with this.
Scott Swenson | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
If Chris Matthews and the mainstream media want to add something productive to the reproductive rights debate, they should move off the 70's polarization created by the far-right.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.19.2008 | Living
Surely, the best thing since an invention that made it so you could have sex without having babies would be the invention that made it so you could have sex longer and later in life. Nope. It's hair dye.
Karen Kisslinger | Posted 02.29.2008 | Living
Barbara Seaman's general advice on new innovations for women: "wait 5 years" until we know if it's really safe.
Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 02.29.2008 | Living
There's probably no prescription medicine more familiar than the birth control pill. After all, when a woman says she's taking "the Pill," everyone k...
Jennifer Baumgardner | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
At Ms. magazine, I was asked to fact-check a profile of Barbara Seaman, a pioneer in the women's health movement. I called her and three hours later got off the phone a changed person.
Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
Barbara Seaman, who died today, rallied to educate people about the politics of the health care industry -- in connection with the Pill and so much more.
AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 01.25.2008 | Living
LONDON — Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said. British res...
Cristina Page | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics
The most pro-life thing a president can do is support the right to use contraception and make it widely available.
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Robert Engelman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living