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Cognitive Research Supports Plan B Access

Tamar Krishnamurti | Posted 05.24.2013 | Science
Tamar Krishnamurti

Where teens need help is in avoiding situations where they might lose control and in coping with situations when things have not gone as planned. Parental guidance can help with the former. Easy, informed access to Plan B can help with the latter.

Palestinians should invest in a plan B even while negotiating

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.23.2013 | World
Daoud Kuttab

One of the most important lessons any negotiator needs to know is that the ability to conduct effective negotiations requires one to have a credible a...

Government Files Last-Minute Morning-After Pill Appeal

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of a...

BOTH SIDES NOW: Benghazi-Gate, Toomey-Gate and Ammo-Gate.

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.12.2013 | Politics
HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgSpitzer and Matalin debate if Benghazi will prove to be more Whitewater than Watergate. Is Toomey gutsy to chide the Right for opposing his bipartisan bill just to stymie Obama? Are tyrannical feds buying up ammo to undermine gun rights?

Laura Bassett

Administration Dealt Blow In Birth Control Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics

A federal judge on Friday denied the Obama administration's request to delay his order that the Plan B morning-after pill be made available over the c...

Duped Again on Emergency Contraception

Michael Halpern | Posted 05.07.2013 | Science
Michael Halpern

A few weeks ago, I celebrated as a federal judge ordered the FDA to make "Plan B" available over the counter without restrictions. I thought that the judge's ruling would provide the Obama administration with political cover. Surely they would respect the decision. I was wrong.

Judge: Obama Administration Playing Politics With Birth Control Order

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK — A federal judge, asked by the government on Tuesday to freeze his plan giving teenage girls broader access to morning-after birth con...

Judge Urged Not To Delay Morning-After Pill Ruling

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK — Reproductive rights advocates urged a judge Monday to let teenage girls buy morning-after birth control without a prescription beginn...

Friday Talking Points -- Most Disappointing Plan B

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.03.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

A professional pundit was fired because he wrote an opinion piece that was factually inaccurate. Is that even a thing? "Journalists" can get fired for saying things which are false (things that five minutes of fact-checking would have proven laughably wrong), and for other stupid comments?

Obama Decision Sets Off Firestorm From Allies

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.03.2013 | Politics

MEXICO CITY — President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of ...

Plan B's Plan B

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

The Obama administration is trying to have it both ways on the "morning after" pill, and by doing so is taking a firm anti-scientific stand for irrationality. But Obama promised us all, in his first campaign, to do away with having politics dictate federal scientific policy.

DOJ To Appeal Order On Morning-After Pill Age Limits

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics

One day after the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced its decision to lower the age for over-the-counter birth control access, the Department O...

Plan B: Our Teens and Sex

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.01.2013 | Impact
Barbara Greenberg

The FDA has given approval to make the pill known as Plan B available to teens age 15 and over on an over the counter basis and without a prescription. This will be put into place almost immediately. This pill is taken after sex when an individual is concerned that they may be at risk for pregnancy.

Minimum Age To Buy Morning-After Pill Lowered To 15

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.01.2013 | Healthy Living

WASHINGTON — The government on Tuesday lowered to 15 the age at which girls can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription and said the e...

Laura Bassett

FDA Lowers Age Limit For Morning-After Pill

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that it will make a brand of emergency contraception known as Plan B One-Step available over the...

There Should Be So Much More... The 'If __, I Would __' Exercise

Kathi Sharpe-Ross | Posted 04.29.2013 | Fifty
Kathi Sharpe-Ross

Are you feeling content and grateful, but wish there was more going on in your life? Are you feeling fulfilled? Is there a stirring inside you to get excited about something, but you just can't put your finger on what would scratch that itch?

Bubblegum and the Date Rape Cocktail

Mark Morford | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Mark Morford

After years and ridiculous politicking and inexplicable delays, a federal judge just ordered the FDA to finally allow emergency contraception to be made available over the counter for women and girls of all ages. It's true. And it's sort of a big deal.

Women of All Ages Deserve Access to All Forms of Pregnancy Prevention

Christine C. Quinn | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics
Christine C. Quinn

Friday's momentous decision by a federal judge to overturn the age restrictions on sale of Plan B (the morning after pill) is long overdue and a landmark for reproductive rights.

Obama Faces Choice On Morning-After Pill Limits

AP | JOSH LEDERMAN and LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that ...

Friday Talking Points -- What the Media Missed

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

We've got a lot to cover this week, so we're going to try to get through everything in a rather foreshortened format. At least, that's the goal.

Judge Makes Big Decision On Morning-After Pill

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics

A federal judge ruled Friday that the morning-after pill, known by its brand name of Plan B, should be available without a prescription or any age or ...

Why You Must Indulge In Your Friendships Today

Kathi Sharpe-Ross | Posted 04.03.2013 | Fifty
Kathi Sharpe-Ross

When was the last time you gathered a group of your various close friends together? Just stopped the madness and everyday stuff and took a step back to enjoy the people in your life that you forget to make time for so you can rekindle that spark, a conversation, the interest and the escape.

Having a 'Plan B'

Hannah Weintraub | Posted 03.11.2013 | Teen
Hannah Weintraub

We should be applauding young women who seek out emergency contraception for their maturity in taking control over their sexual lives. No girl should be ridiculed for deploying her back-up plan.

Is Your New Year's Resolution a Thought or a Commitment?

Kathi Sharpe-Ross | Posted 03.02.2013 | Fifty
Kathi Sharpe-Ross

How do you plan to approach the New Year? With all the good intentions of reinventing some part of your life and a huge commitment that in the back of your mind you just know you'll have a hard time sticking with?

Obama Will Cut Short Vacation To Work On Fiscal Cliff

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 02.24.2013 | Politics

HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama will cut short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening a...