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A Pennsylvania university is causing a stir by offering Plan B at a vending machine in its health center. Beyond the pearl-clutching, though, this may raise some real concerns. More »
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Last month CVS apologized for refusing to let a man buy Plan B at a Houston store because he doesn't have a uterus. The pharmacy acknowledged that the sale of the drug isn't restricted by gender, and said it was an "isolated incident." However, the problem isn't so isolated after all. The ALCU of Texas is going after CVS because just three weeks earlier, a pharmacy in Mesquite refused to sell a man emergency contraception. They even went a step further, informing him that they don't know that he isn't a rapist. More »
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In a year of unprecedented What-The-Everloving-Fuckery, arguably little played a more important role in the events of 2011 than the goings-on inside your own personal uterus. Let's take a nostalgic, squishy walk through your babycave and reflect on all the fascinating adventures it's had this year. More »
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Though Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the FDA's recommendation to give everyone access to Plan B without a prescription, the battle to make the drug more widely available for women of all ages isn't over. The Center For Reproductive Rights has reopened its 6-year-old New York lawsuit, and it may provide an opportunity to overturn Sebelius' unprecedented decision. More »
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Students at New Jersey's Ramapo College say their school makes it unreasonably difficult to get Plan B — they say they have to make an appointment and sometimes discuss their sex practices with a clinician in order to get the medicine. They want a Plan B policy more like The College of New Jersey's — so we decided to take a look at some other colleges and universities in the area and how hard (or easy) it is to get emergency contraception there. More »
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Drug store chain CVS has issued an apology to a man who says he was denied access to Plan B and a pregnancy test because he lacks a uterus. By this logic, women shouldn't be allowed to buy men's razors, condoms, or Gold Bond powder, unless they can produce evidence that the Gold Bond powder is not to be used on balls. More »
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If you weren't sufficiently enraged by the Obama administration overruling the FDA's decision to make Plan B available to teens under 17 without a prescription (which would have made it easier for all women to obtain emergency contraception), now there's concern that the new birth control rulings out of Washington could make more women afraid to use hormonal contraception. Much like when a certain politician spouted false information about the HPV vaccine, all parents hear when they're flipping past The Today Show is that medicines meant to protect their daughter's health are likely to make her drop dead. More »
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Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius decided not to allow stores to sell Plan B over the counter to kids under 17, because she wasn't convinced the FDA had conclusively proved teens could safely take it without talking to a doctor. We decided to compare it to a few other medications children can legally obtain over the counter. Below, take a look at how Plan B stacks up against some extremely common remedies. More »
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Despite recommendations from the FDA, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius has decided not to allow the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill to be sold without a prescription to kids under 17. A statement issued today by FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg reads, in part, More »
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Shameless harlots of Britain can rest easily this holiday season: a British women's health agency is giving away free emergency contraception on Christmas and New Year's Day. Now, thanks to the efforts of the BPAS, any and all pregnancy related "12 Days of Christmas" parody songs can start with "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a convenient and free dose of Plan B" rather than "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a tragic unplanned pregnancy." Progress! More »
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Though the morning-after pill Plan B is extremely safe, it took a years of battling with the FDA to make it as widely available as it is today — and it's still subject to pointless restrictions. The drug isn't available to teens under 17 without a prescription; this means everyone has to show an ID for purchase and receive the pill (or pills) from the hand of a pharmacist. Even though it's available over-the-counter for adults anyhow. In February, Teva, the company that makes Plan B (not to be confused with any sort of sport sandal), asked the FDA to remove the age requirement and make the drug available to everyone without a prescription. For months the agency has been silent on the issue, and it only has until tomorrow to respond to the request. More »
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The women of Wales — some of whom are (gasp!) under the age of 16 — will now have access to free emergency contraception. More »
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Teva, the manufacturer of Plan B, has asked the FDA to let it sell its emergency contraception over the counter to all ages. (Currently, anyone under 17 needs a prescription.) Meanwhile, the Center For Reproductive Rights is still suing the FDA to explain the medical reason for withholding over the counter access to teens under 17. Hint: There isn't one. More »
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, women play football in lingerie, celebrities exercise during interviews, and we take a look at some of the companies that advertise during Jersey Shore. More »
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The morning after pill is over the counter for anyone over 17 — regardless of gender. Unless, of course, you live in Texas or Mississippi, where pharmacists are refusing to dispense it to men. More »
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There is no scientific reason why the morning after pill isn't available to women under 17 without a prescription. There are, however, political reasons, which is why the Center for Reproductive Rights is slamming the FDA in court over it. More »
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Why do I have a toothbrush emblazoned with the active ingredient of the morning-after pill (levonorgestrel, 1.5mg)? One word: Ella. What I learned about Plan B, the generic and prescription competitions, and what you can do about the cost. More »
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Now that an FDA panel has recommended the approval of a new 5-day emergency contraceptive pill, known as Ella, its full approval is likelier than ever. But will it make a difference? More »
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A French company wants to market "ella," a drug that prevents pregnancy for up to five days after unprotected sex, as an emergency contraceptive. But critics say it's more like an abortion pill. More »
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•  Gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley has refused to take a lie detector test, which would supposedly prove whether she had a one night stand with lobbyist Larry Merchant. She has also been accused of having an affair with a blogger. More »
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Yesterday the Columbia Missourian (staffed by students at the Missouri School of Journalism) published a really excellent, extremely sad, piece on a student who just graduated, but was forced to spend her senior year reeling in the aftermath of rape. More »
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•  Giving girls stashes of the morning-after pill does nothing to prevent teen pregnancy, says study. Many women don't take the pill, even if they could use it, which leads us to the most obvious statement put in print today: More »
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Researchers say ellaOne, an alternative morning-after pill available in Europe, is more effective than Plan B. Unlike Plan B, which only works for up to three days after, ellaOne can be taken up to five days later sexual contact. [MSNBC] More »
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This week Barr Laboratories' exclusive, competition-free period on Plan B expires, allowing cheaper generic drugs to take its place, but thanks to the maze of FDA regulations women may still not have increased access to emergency contraception. More »
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The FDA has approved a new version of Plan B that prevents pregnancy with one pill rather than two. Women over 17 can buy Plan B One-Step over the counter, but females younger than 17 need a prescription. [Business Wire] More »
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After reading the Sunday NY Times' "Generation B" piece, we felt like we'd been on an emotional roller-coaster. "Oh, that's sweet! But that's creepy. But maybe that cancels it out? Ew, not that..." More »
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The Wall Street Journal reports that the FDA has approved a generic version of emergency contraceptive Plan B — thing is, many women still struggle with access to the brand name version. More »
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Parents in the U.K. are complaining about the new ad (at left) for the morning after pill Levonelle One Step. We find it pretty effective, despite the cartoon sperm that spill on the woman's head. More »
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If anyone knows anything about 17-year-old girls and their reproductive rights, it's Mike Galanos. For who better to speak about what 17-year-olds are like than a man who graduated high school roughly two decades ago? More »
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Wow, who'd'a thunk that the U.S. government would some day comply with a judge's order to base reproductive health policy on sound science rather than political pandering? Change is good. [CBS News] More »
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We're liking this Plan B commercial currently in heavy rotation on cable television because it's realistic — depicting women waking up alone and having to deal with morning-after bullshit on their own. More »
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J. Lo is slated to star in a new movie called Plan B, which, unfortunately, is not a rollicking comedy about the morning after pill. It's about having lots of babies! More »
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Sometimes you can't even get to the heart of the editorial content of a magazine because there are so many ads. And while a few ads are innocuous, pretty or straightforward, many are just bad. Hence, Badvertising! After the jump, some of the worst advertisements from recent issues of Elle, Allure and Glamour. More »
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A new pharmacy about to open in Northern Virginia boasts the best Christian gimmick since abstinence pants: They're refusing to fill prescriptions for birth control! Yes, pharmacists who believe contraception is tantamount to "playing God" are um "playing God" again. The cool thing, of course, is that the general trend in this country is that such "mom-n-pop" operations as DMC generally find themselves woefully undercut and eventually squashed by large multibillion dollar chains with buying power and space for 98 varieties of Dorito, although the scary thing about that is that, of course, what if the anti-contraception pharmacists all get together and start their own little puritannical alterna-Walgreen's? Then what? And like, remember when Wal-Mart refused to sell "In Utero"? More »
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Missouri is proposing a bill that would reclassify Plan B as "abortion-inducing medication." The legislation, H.B. 1625, would also protect pharmacists who refused to give out Plan B. Under the proposed law, they wouldn't get punishment from the state nor could they be the subject of lawsuits for not filling a Plan B prescription. According to legal analysis from NARAL Missouri, "In allowing pharmacies to blanketly refuse to fill prescriptions—goods sold to the public—that are prescribed only to women, for their 'peace, comfort, health, and welfare,' the bill arguably violates the public accommodations prong of the Missouri Human Rights Act." [Feministing, NARAL Missouri] More »
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The Washington division of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (aka NARAL) has recently issued a web-based interactive map that shows residents in a bind which pharmacies in the United States either don't stock or refuses to sell the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B. According to NARAL, 1 in 10 pharmacies don't have or won't sell Plan B to folks who are trying to avoid a pregnancy. [Seattle PI] More »
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It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the advice column in which everyone's problems are solved with an "herbal" remedy. (Did we mention? Don't do drugs!) Gawker Media videographer Alex Goldberg filmed my answers this time, so I wouldn't have to deal with typing. Talking actually seemed just as difficult, 'cause my friend Rich — who was side-kickin' it — and I had the giggles something awful. And if you're wondering, the dude in the background was holding a fire extinguisher, just in case my Christmas tree — which is still in my living room — caught on fire from being dead and dry. (I was super paranoid about it.) Got a burning question? Send it to tips@jezebel.com with "Pot Psychology" in the subject line. More »
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What's a dude allowed to feel when his mate decides to abort their fetus? It's a question explored in a fascinating LA Times story today about the post-abortion baggage of the sperm-having set. We meet a secular sociologist named Arthur Shostak who has interviewed thousands of men in line at abortion clinics and finds them filled with conflicted emotions they rarely voice. We meet Mark Morrow, a Catholic counselor who got into the movement when he suddenly realized he was the "father of four dead babies." (When he reached out to an ex-girlfriend who'd aborted two of them, she sent him a letter saying, ""That long day we sat in that God-forsaken clinic, I hoped every moment that you would stand up and say, 'We can't do this'. . . but you didn't.") And then we meet a lawyer and activist named Chris Aubert, the father of five children and two college-age abortions, who has since converted to Catholicism and struggles every day with the burden of balancing his happy marriage and current life with the moral certainty that, if he could turn back time, he'd have to object to his girlfriend and figure out a way to "save the babies." More »
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Wisconsin resident Manishkumar Patel, 34, was charged first-degree intentional homicide of an unborn child, among other charges, after he secretly slipped RU-486 (aka the abortion pill) into his 39-year-old pregnant girlfriend's food and drink, causing her to have a miscarriage. The girlfriend, Darshana Patel (no relation to Manishkumar) became suspicious of her BF after she saw him "frantically" mixing something into her smoothie. She didn't drink the smoothie, but had been consuming other food and drinks he'd made for her since she'd announced her pregnancy. Thinking he could've caused the miscarriage, as well as the miscarriage she suffered last year, Darshana brought the smoothie to the police, who had it tested and found traces of the drug. They searched his home, and found many more pills, which Manishkumar — who is married with a child — said he had shipped from India. It's too bad Darshana isn't able to take the Plan C pill. [JS Online] More »
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