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Study: Free Birth Control Significantly Cuts Abortion Rates
What would happen if women at risk for unintended pregnancies received the birth control of their choice — especially the more effective kinds — at no cost? The...
Researchers Inch Closer to a Male Birth Control Pill
Aside from condoms and a vasectomy, there aren't any reliable methods of birth control for men. But researchers report than experimental new molecule may point...
Why Birth Control Matters for the American Dream
Melinda Gates was lauded for her bravery last week in stating her unequivocal support for contraception, especially for women in developing countries. She’s...
Sorry Rome, U.S. Catholics Are More Like Melinda Gates
Conservative Roman Catholics can handle it when non-Catholics oppose Vatican doctrine. But when other Catholics publicly disagree with church dogma and still...
Prescriptions for Kids: ADHD Meds and Birth Control Pills Are Up, Antibiotics Are Down
The number of prescriptions written for teens, children and infants fell 7% between 2002 to 2010, countering the trend in adults, among whom prescriptions rose...
Blood Clot Warning Added to Yaz and Other Newer Birth Control Pills
Yaz, Yasmin and other newer birth control pills will soon be bearing warning labels that detail the potential risk of blood clot risks, the U.S. Food and Drug...
After Limbaugh, Maybe It’s Finally Time To Ignore The ‘Slut’ Slur
Make no mistake, ladies. Rush Limbaugh wasn’t just calling Sandra Fluke a “slut” on his nationally syndicated radio show, heard by an estimated 15 million...
Caution, Ladies: More Birth Control Pills Recalled
For the second time in a month, a major birth control pill maker has recalled versions of its oral contraceptives. On Feb. 24, Glenmark Generics Inc. recalled...
Why Free Birth Control Will Not Hike the Cost of Your Insurance
Initially, the controversy over President Obama’s proposal that all insurers cover contraception focused on religious liberty. After polls revealed that 98% of...
What Got Lost in the Debate About Birth Control
There was lots of excitable talk last week about birth control, with President Obama dialing back his initial plan for mandating contraceptive coverage to...
Articles from Around the Web
New York Archdiocese Reluctantly Paying for Birth Control
Though Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan has denounced the new health care law for requiring some employers to cover contraception, the archdiocese has been providing such coverage for...
U. S. to Defend Age Limits on Morning- After Pill Sales
With its appeal of an order to make the most common next-day birth control pill available to all ages with no prescription, the Obama administration is returning to a charged...
News Analysis: Is It Time for Off- the- Shelf Birth- Control Pills?
Oral contraceptives are arguably safer than many over-the-counter medicines. ...
Under the new health law, can my insurer charge me for name- brand contraceptives?
This week, I answer readers' questions about birth-control coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act and subsidized coverage on the state-based health insurance...
