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New Year’s Eve is renowned as a time of contraceptive mistakes

January 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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Happy New Year – according to the Back Up Your Birth Control campaign, the night of New Year’s Eve is renowned as a time of contraceptive mistakes, broken condoms and missed pills. Or ‘birth control oops’ as they like to call it. The campaign encouraged young women to send their friends a ‘funny morning after message’ through their web page, reminding them of the availability of the emergency contraceptive pill in case they had indeed had a birth control oops.

Filed Under: Adolescent Girls, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Emergency Contraception, Mothers & Daughters, Pregnancy, Teen Pregnancy, Teens, Women's Health Tagged With: , , , ,

Abortion pill gets final approval in Italy

December 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The sale of the abortion pill RU486 has been given final approval in Italy, despite protests from the Vatican and the government in the Catholic country.

BBC News
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Unlike in other European countries, the pill, also known as mifepristone, will be administered solely in hospitals.

The pill was originally approved by the country’s pharmaceuticals agency in late July, but the move prompted a parliamentary inquiry.

Italy was is one of the last European states to make it available.

Filed Under: Abortion, Emergency Contraception, Morning After Pill, Reproductive Rights, Women's History, Women's Politics Tagged With: ,

Plan B Drug Does Not Cause Abortions But Can Prevent Them

May 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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May 6, 2009
I believe in life and life at conception, but I don’t see how Plan B has anything to do with abortion. The drug in effect is not killing a baby. It is preventing a sperm from fertilizing an egg. I guess I just may not understand the pro-life argument for raising the age for Plan B purchasers because to me, it prevents a person from getting pregnant who then later will have to decide on whether or not to abort that child. Isn’t it better that we prevent those kinds of abortions before a child is even created?

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First 100 Days—Feminists Give High Marks to Obama

April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Feminists were on the inside helping shape emergency economic recovery bills and the gigantic stimulus package. Part of their job was to make sure the Obama economists and budget strategists knew where women are today. And aren’t. They made sure the architects of the recovery packages understood where to target the money to reach women, especially low-income women who are disproportionately affected by the recession.

Filed Under: Birth Control, Education, Emergency Contraception, Morning After Pill, Mothers & Daughters, My Sister's Song, Reproductive Rights, Social/Political, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics Tagged With: ,

FDA Allows Plan B Access to 17-Year-Olds

April 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Crooks and Liars By Susie Madrak Thursday Apr 23, 2009 7:00pm A political victory that offers another tool to young women to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Conservatives have often improperly described the drug as causing abortions: WASHINGTON — Seventeen-year-olds will soon be allowed to buy morning-after contraceptive pills without a doctor’s prescription after federal drug regulators Continue Reading …

Filed Under: Adolescent Girls, Emergency Contraception, Morning After Pill, Rape, Teen Pregnancy, Teens, Women's Health Tagged With: , ,

FDA to allow Plan B birth control for 17-year-olds

April 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Huffington Post April 22, 2009 Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — Seventeen-year-olds will be able to buy the “morning-after” emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription, a decision that conservatives denounced as a blow to parental supervision of teens but that women’s groups said represents sound science. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would accept, not Continue Reading …

Filed Under: Adolescent Girls, Emergency Contraception, Morning After Pill, Mothers & Daughters, Pregnancy, Puberty, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Teen Pregnancy, Teens Tagged With: , , ,

Teens and the morning after pill

April 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment

A judge’s ruling means girls under 17 may soon have over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive. LA Times By Jill U. Adams April 6, 2009 Two weeks ago, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow 17-year-olds to buy the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B without a prescription and to consider Continue Reading …

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Colorado Senatorial Candidates Oppose Anti-Abortion Measure

August 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The Democratic Daily August 8, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi The measure in question is a Colorado ballot issue (Amendment 48) which would define into law that “life begins at conception” (or the “every sex act is sacred” measure). In effect, it would outlaw ALL abortions, including the Plan B (the morning after pill). It would Continue Reading …

Filed Under: Abortion, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Emergency Contraception, Menstrual Cycle, Morning After Pill, Reproductive Rights, Social/Political, Women's Politics Tagged With: , , , , ,

Morning after pill sparks debate

July 29, 2008 By 1 Comment

DENISE PIKE The Compass July 29, 2008 Many eyebrows were raised last week when the province gave its approval to make the “morning- after” pill Plan B available over the counter. Pharmacists, in particular, were perturbed by the announcement from Health Minister Ross Wiseman. The Compass  spoke with four pharmacists in Conception and Trinity Bays Continue Reading …

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FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Status for EC

August 24, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Feminist Daily News Wire – 8/24/2006 BREAKING NEWS: FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Status for EC The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its approval of over-the-counter status for Plan B emergency contraception for women 18 years and older at a press conference today. The announcement is a major victory for women and women’s health advocates nationwide, Continue Reading …

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