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Birth Control

40 Years Later, an "Infallible" Ban on Modern Birth Control

Robert Engelman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Population, Catholic Church, Birth Control Pill, Family Planning, Reproductive Rights, Contraception, Reproductive Health, Birth Control, Fertility, Sex, Living News
Robert Engelman

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.

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An Outrageous Attempt by the Bush Administration to Undermine Women's Rights

Hillary Clinton | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control Pill, Women's Rights, Health, Hillary Women, Contraception, Hillary Clinton, Birth Control, Plan B, Hillary Clinton Birth Control, Clinton Birth Control, Hillary Birth Control Abortion, Bush Women's Health, Clinton Huffington Contraception, Hhs Contraceptives, Hilary Birth Control Abortion, Politics News
Hillary Clinton

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.

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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Going To the Slammer with Your IUD

Caryl Rivers | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Contraception, Birth Control, Living News
Caryl Rivers

Will American women be legally barred from using the most popular form of birth control, the pill? And could a doctor who prescribes an IUD for a woman go to jail? What about the woman herself?

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Proposed Bush Rule Undermines Women's Access to Health Care

Cecile Richards | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Choice, Bush, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Health, Politics News
Cecile Richards

Access to contraception is essential and smart public policy. In its waning days, the Bush administration has shown it will stop at nothing to attack women's health care.

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Coming to a Screen Near You: John McCain and His Sidekicks, Dumb and Dumber

Elizabeth Shipp | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Politics, Naral Pro-Choice America, Family Research Council, John McCain, Hypocrisy, James Dobson, National Right to Life, Birth Control, Focus on the Family, Tony Perkins, Title X, Politics News
Elizabeth Shipp

James Dobson and Tony Perkins, and John McCain don't have the guts to stand up and speak the truth about their radical, out-of-the-mainstream views.

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Harball Flirts With Women Voters

Scott Swenson | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Scott Swenson

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.

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The Birth Control From Hell

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Ok, we know it might seem like Vagina Day on the Living section, but this is merely a coincidence. It's just that there's so little to laugh at on SNL...

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Radio-Controlled Sperm "Tap" Birth Control In Development

newscientist.com | Belle Dumé | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Birth Control, Birth Control for Men, Radio Controlled Sperm, Sperm Tap, Sperm, Living News

A radio-controlled contraceptive implant that could control the flow of sperm from a man's testicles is being developed by scientists in Australia. T...

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Study: The Pill Protects Against Cancer

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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LONDON — Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said. British res...

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Maine Approves Birth Control For Middle School Students

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Birth Control, Contraception, Home News

Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approve...

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Birth Control Could Cut Risk Of Cancer

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Taking the contraceptive pill does not increase a woman's chance of developing cancer and could even reduce the risk of getting the killer disease, a ...

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