We made it to Friday, ya’ll! YEAH! Here are some hawt links to get you through the morning. Federal Judge Rules that DOMA is Unconstitutional – Gay Politics Are IUD’s Appropriate for Teens? – Financial Post Should Birth Control Be Free? – Salon Sex Ed on TV? – The Guardian
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 [...]
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 child” [...]
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 [...]
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 switching to [...]
