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more about #guttmacherinstitute Spaghetti Cat: Latoya, darling, I think the answer to your question is pretty obvious. Only slutty, godless women need birth control, so that's not a problem. Nobod... more » missteenwordpower: Ladies who can't afford birth control: I've been un/underemployed in both New York and Texas now, and in both I've been able to get on a Medicaid Wome... more » TrudysHats: When I was in grad school I served on our student government's health insurance advisory committee while our university was renegotiating our student ... more » maggiethecat: In Austin, a Catholic church downtown realized after years of paying their taxes on the property to the County, that some of these tax dollars go to f... more » la.donna.pietra: But see, ladies, you could just keep your legs firmly crossed, and then you wouldn't have to worry about any of these nuisancy problems. Oh. Wait. ... more » Bjork for President!: A country's infant mortality rate is its core measure. How many Americans know just how poorly their country rates? more » onomatopizza: every month when i buy a new pack of birth control pills, i make a joke to my boyfriend about how i have to pay $40 a month so we can bone. i always h... more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Why the hell aren't Stupak, Pitts, Vitter, and Nelson sponsoring amendments to solve this problem? Because whores, er, women are a special interest g... more » cate3710: Yeah, I think some of the money I got for my birthday is going straight to Planned Parenthood. more » TheFormerJuneBronson: Because women who have sex are filthy whores and we treat them accordingly. more » femme-bot: In a perfect society there would be vending machines with all different types of birth control (and packets on how to use it) on every street corner. ... more » likepenguins: That's why you start putting chemicals into the coffee to keep women from ovulating! Must Jack Donaghy do everything around here? more » ks1867: I totally agree that contraception is necessary, and since it isnt universally available or 100% effective, abortion is too. But really what the Churc... more » jeninmotion: I have a question: what happens when we, the pro-choice, have to point out the obvious -- no matter how much birth control we have, we're never reduci... more » nellie1234: Urgggh. Catholics make me angry. In catholic school, the teachers always said stuff along the lines of abstinence is the best (and only expectable) fo... more » LaComtesse: "Control of breeding rights is one of the key privileges held by alpha wolves." -Wolf Trust, UK Religions like being the alpha wolf. more » Elaken: When I did volunteer work in Tanzania the church was a problem and frustrated us constantly. What was laughable is that every different village was e... more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: This shit makes my head spin. Not like dizzy-spin, but Exorcist-spin. Anyway. Let's look at all the facts, shall we? Ok. Nobody likes abortion. But it... more » EkaterinaBallerina: Even my tried and true Irish Catholic, I-didn't-vote-for-Al-Gore-because-he-was-Pro-Life grandmother supported contraception. According to my mom, as ... more » Maritsa: Parental consent laws make me insane, because the SCOTUS really fucked up there. There is NO FUCKING WAY parental consent or notification is not an un... more » -
#roevsworld
Guttmacher: "Women Of Reproductive Age Disproportionately Uninsured"
Family planning services are having a rough time during the recession. With more and more women seeking services, and fewer women able to shoulder the cost of contraceptives, clinics and organizations are finding themselves devastatingly short on funds. More » -
#roevsworld
Contraception, Legal Abortion Could Prevent 70,000 Deaths A Year
A new Guttmacher Institute report makes a strong case for contraception — and legal abortion — as a way to reduce the 70,000 deaths from unsafe abortions that occur every year. Unfortunately, the Catholic Church still isn't listening. More » -
#ohbaby
Guttmacher Institute: Recession Cures Baby Fever
A recent survey by the Guttmacher Institute found that nearly half of the American women who responded wish to delay childbearing until the economy improves. Unfortunately, many are also skipping birth control and routine gynecological care to save money. More »
