Iud Birth Control News
- Letters to the Editor: So much at stake with Amendment 48 Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 5:42PMLadies, do you appreciate access to birth control? Gentleman, I could ask you the same thing. No matter how you answer a very different question -- "at what point does life begin?"
- Blocking Care for Women Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 11:56PMThe Bush administration wants to undermine women?s rights and women?s health by placing ideology ahead of science.
- [Editor’s Note] The Art of (Culture) War Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @ 9:59PMFour years ago, I wanted John Kerry to pick John McCain as his running mate. He was an impressive politician to me then, willing to buck a then-über powerful Republican Party from the inside.
- Tornadoes Plague State Today; Evacuees Shouldl Stay Put Tuesday, September 2, 2008 @ 8:44AMMississippi residents woke up today to tornado watches and warnings swirling around the state, especially in central Mississippi, in the aftermatch of Hurricane Gustav.
- Joshua Zeitz: Rep. Chris Smith Wants to Criminalize the Birth Control Pill (Seriously...) Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 1:32PMI'm Josh Zeitz, the Democratic candidate for Congress in New Jersey's Fourth District. I want to talk to you about my strong support for reproductive...
- Spout Off Tuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 9:48AMThe Bush Administration has proposed classifying some of the most widely used methods of contraception as abortion.
- Proposal stirs debate on abortion, patients' rights Thursday, July 31, 2008 @ 12:16AMBy ROB STEIN WASHINGTON — A Bush administration proposal aimed at protecting healthcare workers who object to abortion and birth control methods they consider tantamount to abortion has escalated a bitter debate over the balance between religious freedom and patients’ rights. The Health and Human Services Department is reviewing a draft regulation that would deny federal funding to any ...
- S.C. teen birth rate 8th in nation Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @ 11:49PMSouth Carolina has the eighth-highest teen birth rate in the nation, according to a national analysis.
- Next Big Thing: 6 Future Health Advances Monday, July 21, 2008 @ 7:33AMSee what the guys in white coats have coming in the next few years.
- Former first lady launches mission to reduce unplanned pregnancies Friday, July 18, 2008 @ 11:49AMChristie Vilsack, right, executive director of The Iowa Initiative to Reduce Unintended Pregnancies and former first lady of Iowa, attended the Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa open house Thursday in Keokuk.
- The lies we tell: Readers share whoppers Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 3:45PMSure, some lies hurt, but others are just hilarious. After reading an msnbc.com story about whether fibbing to kids is ever OK, you e-mailed us the whoppers you've told your kids and the fictions you remember your parents telling you.
- New Birth Control Procedure for Women Friday, July 11, 2008 @ 9:54PMWomen have a new option for birth control that doesn't involve pills or surgery. It's an outpatient procedure called essure, that doctors say provides lasting results.
- Expert: Birth Control Pills Ineffective in Stemming Unintended Pregnancies Monday, July 7, 2008 @ 7:56PMBirth control pills have done nothing to stem the tide of rising unintended and teenage pregnancies, according to a population and contraception expert at Princeton University.
- Groups want Manila to restore family planning services Monday, July 7, 2008 @ 6:43PMMANILA, Philippines - Leaders of various groups advocating reproductive health urged Manila"s city officials on Monday to revive family planning assistance available to residents before former mayor Lito Atienza "barred" birth-control services in community health centers.
- My dream birth Monday, July 7, 2008 @ 12:34PMI've had three unmedicated births - meaning no induction, no epidural, no C-section - with midwives attending. Contrary to what some unkind women have said, I don't expect a medal, a cookie, an award or any other kudos for doing something billions of women have done before. I figured if God's apparent curse of a roomy pelvis and wide hips were good for anything it's birthing babies, so I decided ...