by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 6, 2010 | Law/Legal, Philosophy
Guest Post by Barbara A. Brenner Executive Director, Breast Cancer Action One of the saddest aspects of capitalism is that companies think they can and should own anything they get their hands on. Some time ago, they started obtaining patents on human genes, including...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 17, 2010 | FemCare, Law/Legal, Menstruation, Objects
An Israeli inventor has applied for a patent for a device to shorten the duration of menstrual flow. Apparently it works by insertion into the vagina and “delivering pressure oscillations and/or acoustic waves and/or shock waves to the vagina and cervix to...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 9, 2010 | Advertising, Birth Control, Law/Legal, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post from Evil Slutopia There are Tupperware parties, Passion Parties, Pampered Chef parties, and…Mirena IUD parties? Yes, apparently these events popped up early last year and were a joint effort from Bayer Pharmaceuticals and the mom marketing site Mom...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 22, 2010 | Activism, Health Care, Law/Legal
It was 37 years ago today that the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, in which the Court held that a woman’s right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. In commemoration of that decision and women’s...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 11, 2010 | Law/Legal, Men, Menstruation
Britain’s North West Evening Mail reports that nation’s department of defense is considering whether or not to allow women to serve on subs. Women have gone to sea on submarines in pilot studies in the past, but presently only the Norwegian, Danish,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 18, 2009 | Health Care, Law/Legal, Menopause, Pharmaceutical
You may have heard the news that 23 hormone replacement therapy lawsuits filed by women diagnosed with breast cancer were dismissed by a New York judge this week. Judge Martin Shulman granted Pfizer’s motion to dismiss for two reasons: the plaintiff’s...
