by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 2, 2010 | Birth Control, Internet, Media, New Research
The Internet, especially the feminist blogosphere, is all abuzz this week with the promise of a new contraceptive pill for men within the next five years. But researchers always say a pill for men is just five years away, according to University of Washington medical...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 25, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, Newspapers
The New York Times published an op-ed piece a few days ago about making the birth control pill available without a prescription. Kelly Blanchard, president of Ibis Reproductive Health, offers the following rationale: Women don’t need a doctor to tell them whether they...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 24, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, New Research
Did you know that last year’s combined sales of Yaz and Yasmin, the most popular oral contraceptives in the U.S., totaled $1.64 billion? Did you know the drugs are also the target of 1,100 lawsuits for potentially fatal blood clots? Did you know that an estimated 50...
by Laura Wershler | Jun 8, 2010 | Birth Control, Girls, New Research, Newspapers, Reproduction, Sex
Teen sex: More use rhythm method for birth control. It was an odd headline for an Associated Press story on the 86 page report on teen sexual activity just released by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Not all that relevant to the broader subject of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 25, 2010 | Activism, Birth Control, Pharmaceutical, Politics
A whole bunch of anti-choice political organizations are co-sponsoring a national protest against birth control pills, but they say it’s not about killing babies or controlling women; it’s all about the environment! The following is released by the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 25, 2010 | Activism, Birth Control, Books, Pharmaceutical
Only a latter-day Rip Van Winkle could avoid knowing that this month marks the 50th anniversary of the FDA’s approval of Enovid, the world’s first birth control pill. Hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles have marked this anniversary. Many incorrectly credit the...
