Today I found out some very exciting personal news: My insurance company will completely cover for me to have the Essure procedure done!
To give a brief overview for those not familiar with Essure, it is a non-invasive sterilization procedure where your gynecologist goes in through your cervix and inserts a small coil into each of [...]
We recently broke the bad news about a new abortion law in Oklahoma that requires information about women who obtain abortions to be published on a public website. One aspect of the law that has received less attention, however, is that the new bill changes the definition of pregnancy. According to HB 1595:
“Unborn [...]
Times are tough, and birth control is expensive. Still, unintended pregnancy would be a catastrophe for most women in this economy. A recent study by The Guttmacher Institute found that one in four women were having difficulty paying for gynecologist visits and more frightening, skimping on birth control – cutting pills in half, skipping a [...]
DIY Sex Toys – Queercents
It’s Time for a Stronger Defense of the Right to Choose – RH Reality Check
Sometimes Abortion is the Better Choice – Salon.com
Abortion is More Common Than Heart Surgery & Hop Replacement Combined – Science Blogs
Italy Approves Abortion Pill – Feminist Campus
Catholic Church Threatens Excommunication in Response to Italy’s Approval of RU-486 [...]
There’s been a lot of buzz about IUD’s in the blogosphere this past week. I’ve only known one person who has used an IUD for birth control, so I am immensely curious about why the IUD has become so popular as of late. Kate Klonick at Slate writes about the economic benefits of [...]
