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The Gut-Wrenching Experience We Can Finally Let Go

Charlie Capen | Posted 03.06.2013 | Parents
Read More: Miscarriage, Parents-Dads, Iud, How to Be a Dad, Pregnant, Ioud, Birth Control, Fertility, Howtobeadad, Ectopic Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Parents News
Charlie Capen

I said, "I want to go beat things and run fast." She said, "I just want to cry and go to sleep." We probably could've used a dose of each other's advice, truth be told.

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Hey Anti-Choicers: Coercion Is Always Wrong

John Seager | Posted 11.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: Birth Control Pill, Abortion, Sterilization, Iud, Telemedicine, Reproductive Rights, Affordable Care Act, Contraception, Personhood Amendments, Mandatory Ultrasound, Anti-Choice, Birth Control, Philippines, Sex Education, Politics News
John Seager

Thank goodness Mississippi voters -- as have voters in every other state where this issue has appeared on the ballot -- put the rights of women above the "rights" of fertilized eggs. But how soon until a state does restrict birth control?

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Olympic Champions and Birth Control

Laura Stepp | Posted 10.14.2012 | Politics
Read More: Title IX, Contraception Mandate, Mitt Romney, London Olympics, Contraception, Affordable Care Act, Paul Ryan, Iud, Olympics, Politics News
Laura Stepp

Were Romney and Ryan to win the election and succeed in their efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, less-privileged girls with lots of athletic potential talent might find themselves shopping for baby food instead of practicing their high jumps.

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Why This Type Of Birth Control Is Becoming More Popular

Posted 07.19.2012 | Women
Read More: Iud, Birth Control Methods, Women's Health, Iuds, Reproductive Health, Fertility, Birth Control, Birth Control Popular, Long-Acting Birth Control, Medicine, Birth Control Pills, Women News

By: MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Published: 07/17/2012 04:57 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Women in the U.S. are increasingly using long-acting methods o...

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Catherine Pearson

Birth Control Pills Fail 20 Times More Often Than This Method

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 05.23.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Video, Pill Failure, Iud, Birth Control Methods, Birth Control Failure, Iuds, Birth Control Rates, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills, Healthy Living News

The pill is the reversible option most commonly used by women who practice contraception, but it is not the most effective. In a sweeping new stud...

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IUDS: Pamper, Pamper, Pamper -- Plus 9 Other Tips For Falling In Love With Your IUD

Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.27.2012 | Home
Read More: Iud, Paragard, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights, Slidepollajax, Reproductive Health, Contraception, Birth Control, Mirena, Larc, Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive, Home News
Valerie Tarico

On the scale of uncomfortable things women do to their bodies, an IUD insertion usually falls somewhere on the piercing-to-Brazilian end of the spectrum.

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Fertility And Me

Toni Nagy | Posted 05.14.2012 | Women
Read More: Family Planning, Iud, The Pill, Rush Limbaugh, Menopause, Birth Control, Fertility, Female Sexuality, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Sexuality, Republicans, Women News
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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Picture a Technology Revolution. In Contraception. It's Here.

Valerie Tarico | Posted 03.27.2012 | Home
Read More: Contraception, Mirena, Iud, Birth Control Pill, Best Birth Control, Implant, Birth Control, Iud Mirena, The Pill, Birth Control Iud, Personal Health, Birth Control Methods, Implant Contraception, Contraception Methods, Iud Copper, Contraceptive, Birth Control Pills, Iud Pregnancy, Home News
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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How To Green Your Birth Control: IUDs, Vegan Condoms, The Pill and Five Other Pregnancy Prevention Choices

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Birth Control, Birth Control Pill, Green Birth Control, Green Living, Sex, Green Sex, Condoms, Sexuality, Copper IUD, Iud, Diaphragm, Eco-Friendly Sex, Eco-Friendly Birth Control, Safe Sex, Vegan Condoms, Slidepollajax, Green News

You may love to compost, reuse, and recycle but is your birth control as green as the rest of your lifestyle choices? Women around the world rely on b...

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Kendra Wilkinson Looking Forward To Sex, Birth Control

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Iud, Kendra Wilkinson, Playboy, Sex, Entertainment News

New mom Kendra Wilkinson is looking forward to sex - with birth control. The former "Girl Next Door" turned wife of NFL player Hank Basket gave birth...

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How Green Is Your Birth Control? (POLL)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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New Health Disparities Report: More Context for Higher Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Among Women of Color

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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