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Face The Facts
With the health care reform now likely to allow insurance companies in the public option to cover abortion, the Guttmacher Institute points out all the reasons that the Republican talking points about it are wrong. [Time, RH Reality Check]Who Is Enriching Himself In The Abortion Debate?
Well-known tool Tucker Carlson is really upset that doctors who perform abortions are charging for their services! He calls it "enriching" themselves. I call it being hypocritical and disingenuous, like most of the right-wing on this issue. More »New Guidelines For Depo-Provera Could Help Women Avoid Unhealthy Weight-Gain
A University of Texas study of 240 women who used Depo-Provera shows that not all women have continual weight gain from its use, and offers guidance for doctors to consider while evaluating its appropriateness for patients. [UPI]Right To "Life" Activists Continue Condoning Assassinations
"If a Mafia hit man gets killed, people recognize it's an occupational hazard." -Colorado Right To Life spokesman Bob Enyart on Dr. George Tiller's death and what he expects for Tiller's colleague, Dr. Warren Hern (pictured). [LA Times]Are Liberals Needlessly Freaking Over Sotomayor's Abortion Record?
Does Knowing More About Sex Make You Want It Less?
Can We Stop Shaming Women Who Practice Withdrawal Now?
Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher Institute has written a piece for the magazine Contraception encouraging health educators to consider talking to people about withdrawal and its effectiveness as a method of birth control. More »Rhythm Nation
This complicated pre-Griswold v. Connecticut device, the Rhythmeter, would have certainly resulted in my pregnancy. It was patented by John Rock, who was also the first scientist to see a fertilized human egg. [BoingBoing]Republican Wingnuts Decide Plan B Is For Date Rapists
Today, Pandagon's Jesse Taylor takes a peek behind the looking glass only to discover that, in Real America, Plan B is for sluts and the dudes who assault them. More »Change Is In The Air And A Pharmacy Near You
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]An Abridged History Of The Imagery Of The Human Embryo
Did you know this photo by Lennart Nilsson was staged? Neither did we, until we read the University of Cambridge's online exhibit, "Making Visible Embryos." More »Read My Lips: The Importance Of Being (Gynecologically) Earnest
Gotcha Pregnancies? "Advice Goddesses" Are Anything But
From the good people who sent Joe The Plumber to Israel comes this gem of a video in which advice columnists Helen Smith and Amy Alkon recuse men from any birth control responsibilities. More »Missouri Wants You To Choose Life, And Not To Have A Choice About It
Missouri legislators are, once again, trying to make sure that no one in Missouri can coerce a woman into an abortion. They are, however, fine with coercing a woman to carry a baby to term. More »NBC Rejects Obama/Abortion Ad
NBC has reportedly rejected efforts by CatholicVote to pay the network $1.5-1.8 million to air its offensive Obama abortion ad during the Super Bowl. Can you think of anything they could spend their money on? [UPI]Obama, Pelosi Cave On Contraceptive Funding
Being Cervix-y
Bush Administration Is Gunning For Birth Control Under The Guise Of Religious Beliefs