by Laura Wershler | Feb 6, 2013 | Activism, Amenorrhea, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Hormones, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
Author’s Update, February 14, 2013: As clarified by Bedsider.org in the comments section below, the Works Like A Charm Contest mentioned in this post is not current but ended in 2011. The contest website pages are now inactive. If Bedsider.org sponsored a...
by Laura Wershler | Dec 12, 2012 | Activism, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Girls, Health Care, Hormones, Politics
Throughout the contraceptive realm, LARCs are being heralded as the best thing since Cinderella’s glass slipper with little acknowledgement that for many women LARCs are more like Snow White’s poisoned apple. Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, 2012, was LARC Awareness...
by Laura Wershler | Oct 17, 2012 | Activism, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
Birth control in the U.S. has become synonymous with drugs and devices. The pill, patch, or ring; Depo-Provera or hormonal implant; copper IUD or Mirena IUD; traditional hormonal birth control or long-acting reversible contraceptives. All impact the function of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 3, 2012 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, New Research
The pill is one of the most intensely studied drugs in history, and believed to be among the safest – safer than aspirin, as an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health noted twenty years ago. Yet young women seem to be quitting in droves, for a variety of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 5, 2012 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Hormones, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Leslie Carol Botha Women’s Health Freedom Coalition Coordinator, Natural Solutions Foundation I still remember the first Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Conference I attended in Tucson, AZ in June, 1999. The statement that made the most impact...
by Laura Wershler | May 30, 2012 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Hormones, New Research, Pharmaceutical
If you quit the pill would you replace it with forget-about-it or mindful birth control? How you feel about your body, your menstrual cycle and your sexual relationship(s) will influence your choice. Another consideration might be your attitude towards an unintended...
