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12/29/13

Vending Machines Could Soon Display Calorie Info For Your Snacks

Debating over that bag of Funyuns or that Zagnut bar you think has been in the vending machine since 1998? A new…

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State May Require Insurers to Cover Abortion

And now, some decidedly unterrible news in the ongoing gentleman's forum occurring inside America's ladyparts. A…

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Catholic Universities Vow To Smite Provision Requiring Them To Give Students Birth Control

Catholic universities have got their rosaries in a bunch over a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would…

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It's Official: Your Birth Control Will Be Fully Covered

Here's a rare bit of excellent news: The Department of Health and Human Services has signed off on recommendations…

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Acne Cream Found To Be More Crucial Than Breast Pumps

The IRS states breastfeeding doesn't have "enough health benefits to qualify as a form of medical care," says The…

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What If Birth Control Were Free? More Women Would Use It.

"The average woman spends 30 years of her life trying to avoid getting pregnant." Well, when you put it that way.…

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Trying To Get Women Excited About Health Care Reform

Few to no Democratic candidates are touting the passage of health care reform this year, but here is the president…

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Your Birth Control Pills Are Not Yet Free Under Health Care Reform

Despite a push to have birth control co-pays eliminated by classifying hormonal contraceptives as preventative care…

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Hospital Serves As Set For Porn Movie, Cashes In

A British hospital apparently made some bank a few years ago by serving as the setting for a "big-budget" porn movie.…

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Healthcare Reform Means Comprehensive Sex Ed For Teens

Reversing Bush's oh-so-effective abstinence-only approach, healthcare reform allocates $375 million to teach teens…

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WellPoint's Company Policy: Drop Breast Cancer Patients

WellPoint might be the most evil company in the country: they stand accused of systematically dropping women from…

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Nancy Pelosi Threatened By Crazy Fox News Devotee

Gregory Lee Giusti was arrested yesterday for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi and her husband, and…

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White House T-Shirts Are A Big F-cking Deal

Whether this is a well-timed joke or not remains to be seen, but the Obama White House is hawking an official tee…

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Childbirth To Cheeseburgers: Healthcare Reform And Equality Of Care

One unequivocally good thing about the new healthcare bill: it should reduce healthcare costs for women. But some…

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Conservative Blogger: Obama Raped Our American Principles

Darleen Click has posted what is possibly the most rage-inducing cartoon you will ever see over at Protein Wisdom.…

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Anonymous Prostitute Blogs About Condoms, Sex... And Healthcare Reform

Now that Belle de Jour has been unmasked, the niche for anonymous prostitute/blogger is wide open. Helping to fill…

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Tea Party Time-Out: 7 Ways To Calm The Conservative Temper Tantrum

Name-calling, throwing things, even threatening to run away from home — many conservative responses to the…

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After Healthcare Vote, All Eyes Turn To Abortion

Abortion rights groups have taken differing stands on the healthcare bill, with NOW decrying it and Planned…

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered

[Washington, March 22. Image via Getty]

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Power Purple And Other Fashion From Recent Political History

How to address the 219-212 passage of a universal health-care reform bill that the President calls an answer to ‘the…

Sadie Stein

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