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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | yesterday
In news that's sure to cause much rending of garmets in the anti-contraception crowd, the morning after pill, known also by the name Plan B, is now available over-the-counter in Canada (except Quebec). Hooray!! (celebratory linky) "I could walk in today and get it," said Dr. Colleen Metge, an associate pharmacy professor at the University of Manitoba. "This is a good thing for women."...
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Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... New York.They found one in four women are very likely to become pregnant because of inconsistent contraception use.Some of this gap is due to lack of access to health care, with many women saying they cannot afford some of the more effective methods of contraception such as birth control pills that require a doctor's visit and prescription.
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bastard.logic (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... lilsasami = EPIC WIN. Related : Kathryn Joyce on the overwhelmingly insipid upcoming national anti-contraception action event, Protest the Pill Day ’08: The Pill Kills Babies (h/t Fern Hill ). Recommend this post at Progressive Bloggers
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Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Via Feministing we hear the American Life League is promoting the "Pill Kills" campaign protesting contraception in general and the birth control pill in particular. The group is planning protests on June 7th – the 43rd anniversary of the Griswold decision by the Supreme Court that decriminalized birth control via protecting citizens’ rights to privacy. According to the American...
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Lindsay Mitchell (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
... not stand to lose if they are wrong. Therefore, resources will be wasted. And on the morning-after contraception pill. Predictably the conservatives are up in arms about a scheme to provide these pills free through community pharmacy. The Waikato Health Board wants a reduction in teenage pregnancies, a commendable goal. Should taxpayers foot the bill? It's one of those 'pay...
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RHRealityCheck.org blogs (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
... it is the main force behind every attempt to restrict abortion, defeat prochoice politicians, make contraception and the morning-after pill harder to get, promote false and sexist abstinence-only education and discourage the use of condoms to prevent HIV by spreading unfounded doubts about their effectiveness. It's weird that pro-choicers are supposed to assume the issue of abortion...
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the optimum population trust blog (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
If you need the emergency contraception pill, what are your circumstances? Probably some or all of: stressed, late for work, hungover, embarassed, self-reproaching and uncertain, especially if you're a teenager. So it would be good to have some in the bathroom cabinet, just in case. Though the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is [...]
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Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
This issue gets thornier all the time. A federal appeals court let stand a lower court ruling that allows Washington state pharmacists to refuse to sell the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill on religious grounds. The pill, which is sold by Barr Laboratories, prevents fertilized eggs from implanting, which some people believe is the same as [...]
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RHRealityCheck.org blogs (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Tired of the same-old lame protests outside of abortion clinics? Looking to impose your religious beliefs in other people's lives in a new and exciting way? The pro-life movement would like to expand your horizons. On June 7th, the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that gave married people the right to use contraception, the American Life League , along with Pro-Life Wisconsin and Pharmacists...
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RHRealityCheck.org blogs (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
On April 4, the Constitutional Court of Chile banned the free distribution of emergency contraception . The reason: the Court claims this method is "abortive," despite unequivocal World Health Organization information to the contrary.
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STLtoday.com Top News Headlines (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
They might be pharmacy students, but they took a brief detour to law school.Students at St. Louis College of Pharmacy held a mock trial Tuesday to debate pharmacists' rights regarding drugs that violate their beliefs.In a hypothetical case with students playing lawyers, a pharmacist has appealed the loss of his license for breaking a state law requiring pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception,...
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peskyapostrophe (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
... she pushed a hot button for anti-choicers. Anti-choicers, in an attempt to ban the birth control pill, are working hard to redefining pregnancy as beginning at fertilization, while medical science defines it as beginning at implantation. By combining one lie (about when pregnancy begins) with another (the evidence-free assertion that the pill and emergency contraception work...
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Calorie-Count.com Forums (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Hey everyone I have recently joined CC. so far its proven really helpful and I am down to my last four pounds. However my doc just prescribed Yasmin for me-it's a birth control pill and might cause weight gain. Has anyone had any experience with it or any other...
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
With soaring rates in teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections on the rise, it is important that sexually active young people use protection and understand that there are several types of contraception available which work in different ways.
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RHRealityCheck.org blogs (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
Young women deserve the truth! Today is Back Up Your Birth Control with Emergency Contraception Day and Pharmacy Access Partnership is looking to talk to - and hear from - young women about their thoughts and opinions on this safe way to prevent pregnancy.
