Shift Buzz The Catholic university says that the administration's requirement that religious employers cover birth control violates its right to freedom of religion. “This filing is about the freedom of a religious organization to live its mission, and its significance goes well beyond any debate about contraceptives,” said Notre Dame president Rev. John Jenkins in a statement.
Culture Buzz Controversial non-profit group Project Prevention is doing just that — offering $300 to addicts who agree to sterilization or long-term birth control. The group's posters hang in homeless shelters and read things such as “Don't let a pregnancy ruin your drug habit,” or “She has her daddy's eyes … and her mommy's heroin addiction.”
Shift Buzz After two chemical pregnancies, developing migraines, and enduring excruciating uterine pain, I finally parted ways with my Mirena. Who knew one little piece of plastic could do so much?
Shift Buzz Many don't know that nearly one in ten women taking it will get pregnant within the year.
Politics Buzz The frontrunner, hitting his stride, will play in Peoria. But he won't be dragged back in the weeds of the contraception debate.
Culture Buzz Could it be because it's misogynistic and factually incorrect? Nah. Gary McCoy, conservative cartoonist, is curiously catching flack for portraying the woman at the center of the Rush Limbaugh “slut” controversy as a fat, angry nymphomaniac.
Culture Buzz Rush Limbaugh doesn't know anything about birth control. I wonder if he knows a thing or two about Viagra?
After saying women on birth control are sluts, Rush continues to press the issue. Now he's saying he wants sex tapes of Sandra Fluke if he is “going to pay for her contraceptives.”
Women on birth control are sluts. Limbaugh was attacking Sandra Fluke, the law student who was denied the right to speak at the congressional hearing about contraception. Skip to the 3:00 mark for some truly terrifying insight into how he believes women should be treated.
Politics Buzz Tells BuzzFeed he's not responsible for Friess' ribald brand of humor.
Politics Buzz As many Catholics, including John Boehner, are outraged over the new rule that religious-affiliated organizations must cover birth control in their health care plans, NBC's Luke Russert tweeted about how birth control is perceived by many students at Catholic universities. Though anecdotal, his experience is interesting.
Available by prescription only. Unless your pharmacist is religious, in which case you're out of luck.
Culture Buzz Only godless heathens have intercourse for reasons other than procreation. But rather than raise unloved babies the way the Lord intended, sinners have been experimenting with strange pregnancy and disease prevention devices throughout recorded history.
Birth Control is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Birth Control.
Politics Buzz The Obama Administration announced today that birth control will be considered preventative care under the President's sweeping health care reform, meaning it will be fully covered with no copays. Since virtually every American will be required to carry health insurance under the new law, that essentially means free birth control for the women of the United States.
Politics Buzz The Obama Administration announced today that birth control will be considered preventative care under the President's sweeping health care reform, meaning it will be fully covered with no co-pay. Since virtually every American will be required to carry health insurance under the new law, that essentially means free birth control for the women of the United States.
Glenn Beck, is that you?? No, it's just Fox News host Greg Gutfeld coughing up a conspiracy theory about how ending birth control co-pay is really a communist plot to get rid of poor people. (via thinkprogress.org)
For years ladies have been hogging all the birth control options—the pill, ring, patch, sponge, shot, IUD, cervical cap, diaphragm, just to name a few. But a new procedure called RISUG, in advanced clinical trials in India, may put the ball back in the gentlemen's court. RISUG (Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance) works by injecting a polymer gel into the vas deferens, killing the sperm as they go by. It has been proven to be 100% effective for up to 10 years and is easily reversible by flushing the polymer out with another injection. It's still a few years away from making it to markets outside India, but that should give musicians time to come up with the sequel to Loretta Lynn's The Pill.
I like the thought behind this birth control patch, but since I've already thought of at least 6 different ways you could work around it, I'm not sure how effective it will be. Use a condom anyway. Just in case.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/opinion/01kristof.html?...
Little white pills costing less than $1 each could revolutionize abortion worldwide.
It's either this or abstinence. I doubt that any school that teaches abstinence as a birth control method will be adding this alternative option to the curriculum any time soon.
2007 saw the greatest number of births ever in the U.S. In case you're wondering: 4,317,119, just beating 1957's record. Nice work, everybody!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/28/planned-parentho...
Give the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season: birth control. A Planned Parenthood in Indiana is offering gift certificates for the recipient's choice of birth control method. Or you can just make your own certificate for a box of condoms. It's the thought that counts.