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Contraception
915 published works
Mass Torts Law Blog
Update on YAZ® Case Management Conference
On December 16, 2010, counsel attended a Case Management Conference before Judge Martinotti in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack, New Jersey. It was agreed that counsel will continue to…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Misconceptions About Oral Contraceptive Use and Mortality
RH Reality Check: Oral Contraceptive Use and Mortality: Setting the Record Straight, by Chris Rottler: The long-term health effects of oral contraceptive use have been the focus of research, discussion…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Organization Urges Women to Practice Safe Sex Over the Holidays
BBC News - Health: Safe sex warning issued for Christmas party season: Party-goers are being urged to remember to practise safe sex during the festive season.The warning came from family…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
“Abortion” as a Catch-All “Scare Word”
On the Issues: 'Abortion' as Right's Multipurpose Scare Word, by Amanda Marcotte:Abortion: most of us tend to think the word has a fixed meaning, which is: terminating a pregnancy through…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Reflecting on 50 Years of “The Pill”
New York Magazine: Waking up from the Pill, by Vanessa Grigoriadis: On a cold night in mid-October, a couple hundred bejeweled women in gowns file into the Pierre with their…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Poll Shows Most American Women Don’t Trust Palin on Reproductive Health Issues
Politico: Poll: Palin not trusted on abortion, by Sarah Kliff:Most American women don't trust Mama Grizzly on abortion, birth control and sex ed, a new poll obtained by POLITICO shows.The…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Use of Hormonal Implants for Contraception Increasing Among Young Women in England
The Guardian: Hormone implant use rises five-fold, contraception figures show, by Rowenna Davis:The number of women using hormone implants for contraception has risen five-fold in five years and the popularity…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Study Shows that Birth Control May Not Lower Women’s Sex Drive
Time Magazine: Study: Does the Pill Lower Sex Drive?, by Meredith Melnick:It's no secret that women who take a hormonal birth control pill have less interest in sex. One theory…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
More on the Pope and Condoms and “Moral Sex”
Slate Magazine: Moral Sex, by William Saletan:The pope, condoms, and the ethics of contraception. Forty-two years ago, in the face of the sexual revolution, the Catholic Church rejected artificial birth…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Full Coverage of Prescription Birth Control Without Co-pays is Critical
The Commerical Appeal: Guest column: End cost barrier to prescription birth control, by Leah Smith: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the approval of the birth control pill. Yet…