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Contraception
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
“If you use birth control, your mother probably hates you.”
The Nation: Sex, Lies, and 'Education', by Chloe Angyal:“If you use birth control, your mother probably hates you.”“I could look at any one of you in the eyes right now…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Should All Birth Control Pills – Not Just Emergency Contraception – Be Available Without a Prescription?
The New York Times: Is It Time for Off-the-Shelf Birth-Control Pills?, by Elizabeth Rosenthal:WHEN a federal judge recently ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make the morning-after pill available to women of…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Missouri Bill Could Affect Availability of Contraception
Branson Tri-Lakes News: Birthcontrol availability may decrease, by Kris Collins: Missouri legislators are in the process ofpassing a bill that could affect the availability of birth control in Missouri.Senate Bill 126,…
The Right Coast
Philadelphia abortion clinic horror: Column
Let me state the obvious. This should be front page news. When Rush Limbaugh attacked Sandra Fluke, there was non-stop media hysteria. The venerable NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams intoned,…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Boston College Cracks Down on Safe Sex Group’s Distribution of Condoms
The New York Times: Ban on Free Condoms Jeopardizes Group’s Work With Catholic College, by Jess Bidgood:Chelsea Lennox, a junior at Boston College, the Gothic university overlooking this natty Boston suburb, picked…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Federal Court Rules Government Must Remove Restrictions on Emergency Contraception
The New York Times: Judge Orders Morning-After Pill Available for All Ages, by Pam Belluck:A federal judge ruled Friday that the government must make the most common morning-after pill available…
Mass Torts Law Blog
Bayer Sets Aside $1 Billion to Settle Yaz Cases
Yasmin and its sister drug Yaz were introduced in the market over ten years ago. The drugs, made by Bayer, achieved $1.47 billion in sales during 2010 alone. The drug…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Rulings on Contraceptive Mandate Reflect Differing Views of Corporations’ Rights
The Washington Times: Corporation rights drive divergent rulings on contraception, by Tom Howell Jr.:A federal judge has rejected a Michigan company’s urgent plea for protection from the contraception mandate in President…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Pope of 1276 Promoted Contraception
The Huffington Post - The Blog: Pope Promotes Birth Control, by Michael Zimmerman:Recent media coverage of the papal transition has focused heavily on the past.For example, when Pope Benedict XVI announced…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Contraception Brings Multiple Benefits to Women, Families, and Society
Salon: Report: Contraception is good for the economy, everything else, by Katie McDonough:A comprehensive review finds that a woman's ability to control her own fertility is good for women -- and…