Science, Politics, and Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception

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JAMA January 4, 2012 Robert Steinbrook, MD On December 7, 2011, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) decision that levonorgestrel emergency contraception (sold under the brand name Plan B One-Step) was safe and effective for all women of childbearing potential, regardless of their age, and should Continue Reading …

Access to Emergency Contraception for Adolescents

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JAMA January 4, 2012   To the Editor: In 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration facilitated access to emergency contraception among adolescents by making it available over-the-counter to individuals aged 17 years or older. A disproportionate number of teen pregnancies occur among adolescents from disadvantaged neighborhoods.1​,2,3​ The availability and accessibility of emergency contraception in Continue Reading …

The Revitalized Eugenics Movement & the FDA’s Role

The Intel Hub
August 11, 2011

A seismic shift is now occurring in the forces that will control health care in the United States and around the world. It is a shift in power away from the World Health Organization (WHO) and into a new alliance of wealthy governments (the G8), United Nations groups, and elite international non-governmental power brokers such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

American taxpayers should be alarmed. This means that tens of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars for “humanitarian” foreign aide is being spent on objectives never approved by Congress. Americans should pay attention when Bill Gates makes very public proclamations about the need to reduce the surplus population.

More U.S. women using “morning-after” pill: study

Reuters

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK | Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:35pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More U.S. women seem to be using the “morning-after” pill now that the emergency contraceptive is available over-the-counter, a new study finds.

Abortion is safer than having a baby, doctors say

Pregnant women should be told that having an abortion is safer than having the baby, according to medical chiefs
The Telegraph

By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent 10:00PM GMT 26 Feb 2011

Never before has official advice to doctors and nurses in Britain instructed them to use such comparisons to help pregnant women decide whether to keep a child

The advice, which would be given to women considering terminations, has caused anger, with anti-abortion campaigners accusing doctors’ leaders of forcing an “absurdly liberal agenda” on women in a vulnerable situation.

Morning after pill: Sisters are doing it for themselves

VirtualMedicalCentre.com

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Let’s face it, unprotected sex does happen and sometimes, with a bit of bad luck, condoms can break and situations can arise where a woman may need emergency contraception. This kind of contraception is used after sex but before you are pregnant. If you are unsure about talking with the pharmacist or GP for any reason – don’t be. It’s nothing to get nervous about. In fact, 3 out of 4 unwanted pregnancies could be prevented if all women used emergency contraception after unprotected sex, and many abortions could also be avoided. The power is yours.

GOP Budget Wars on Reproductive Health

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February 9, 2011
posted by: Cynthia Samuels

by Joanne Bamberger, PunditMom

What’s happened to the whole Republican “the economy and jobs are our first priority” mantra from the 2010 elections? Eric Cantor can say it all he wants, but that isn’t making it true. Instead of jobs, conservatives are once again focused on our lady parts. While I am sort of getting used to the new TSA pat downs, I have to draw the line when it comes to the government getting its hands on my privates.

The mystery of the disappearing crystals

RSC Advancing the Chemical Sciences

03 February 2011
Ben Merison

A particular crystal form of the female steroid hormone progesterone can no longer be made. UK chemists have analysed a fifty year old sample to find out why and say that it’s down to impurities. This takes researchers a step closer to understanding why certain pharmaceutical drugs lose their therapeutic effect.

Reasons Why Ella Is NOT Abortion

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Posted by Maressa Brown
December 13, 2010 at 12:55 PM

Ella is causing quite the controversy. No, she’s not a Victoria’s Secret model or co-starring opposite Johnny Depp in an upcoming blockbuster. Actually, it is a new birth control pill that can prevent pregnancy after an “oops!” moment, and it just became available by prescription.

Ella and Abortion

National Review Online

October 5, 2010
By Jeanne Monahan

This fall, Watson Pharmaceuticals will begin manufacturing a new drug called “ella.” Ella was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on August 13, and was categorized as an “emergency contraceptive.” That categorization is misleading: As the Family Research Council and several allied organizations have been explaining to pharmacists and the public at large, the drug has the potential to induce abortion.