The Pill

Mother's Day Reminds Me of the Pill

Rachel Farris | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living


Rachel Farris

Those little white hormones packed in foil aren't the controlled substance here: women are. And if anyone tells you differently, ask them why you can buy condoms and cigarettes in a 7-Eleven.

China's War On Gerbils: Using Abortion Pill To Balance Ecosystem

AP | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green


BEIJING — Forestry officials in far western China have resorted to scattering abortion pills near gerbil burrows in a bid to halt a rodent plagu...

Goodbye to You, Yaz

Doug Bremner | Posted 03.26.2009 | Living


Doug Bremner

Yaz wasn't approved to treat PMDD and acne, and in any case, not all women have PMDD or untreated acne, even though the makers of Yaz probably wish that that was the case.

Are There Just too Many People in the World?

Johann Hari | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics


Johann Hari

To achieve the green goal of dealing with overpopulation, it's necessary to mix some oestrogen into the environmentalist palette.

The Pill Makes Women Choose Bad Boyfriends: Study

LiveScience.com | Jeanna Bryner | Posted 09.13.2008 | Style


Birth-control pills could screw up a woman's ability to sniff out a compatible mate, a new study finds. While several factors can send a woman swooni...

Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


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...