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"I don't want this country moving toward socialism. Reform is needed - but most individual people need to reform themselves, instead of looking for a free ride. Welfare is too costly because to many able body people are lying around producing babies instead of being productive. The elderly who need it are to proud to take it, they have worked their entire lives. The moto should be "birth control" and GET A JOB, YOU LAZY SLOB. ". sandhouse wrote on Oct 27, 2008 10:48 PM:" "What else do you call... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
What Is Gardasil? Oct 28, 2008
Gardasil only protects against the four stated strains of HPV. It will not protect against diseases caused by other types of HPV. It is not birth control; it does not protect you from unwanted pregnancy. What is HPV. (Suite101.com)
Letters for Monday, October 27, 2008 Oct 28, 2008
He opposes requiring health care plans to cover birth control. He opposes equal pay legislation. (Missoulian, MT)
Abortion is a difficult and personal decision Oct 28, 2008
It should never be used as a form of birth control. Family planning, education, contraception and/or abstinence should always be the focus. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Unblinking, Palin raises eyebrows Oct 28, 2008
Smith has consistently introduced legislation that would ban the birth control pill and IUD here in this country, calling them abortifacients and "baby pesticide." Does this sound like someone who "has never and would not support outlawing the pill" as his campaign claims ("Zeitz puts focus on economy -- Dem relishes the challenge of ousting longtime incumbent," Sept. 30) ... His committee's findings were disproved by several independent investigators, yet the poorest women in the world have no... (NJ.com -- Times)
Living pro-life is more than talk Oct 28, 2008
It doesn t take a genius to see that the same crowd who gave us birth control also promotes abortion. And the truth is that as a bunch of simpletons, we have followed down this road of prophylactics for so many generations that we are now horrified to learn where it has led us. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Column: John McCain deserves your vote Oct 27, 2008
"So, if the goal is to prevent abortions, clearly the answer is meeting birth control needs. Yet religious conservatives seek to deny birth control funding to many countries. McCain/Palin agree with this and Obama/Biden do not. Who is the more pragmatic of the two? " ... cfresident wrote on Oct 26, 2008 5:02 PM:" Mr. Baker, kudos to your editorial board for standing up to you and shame on you for basing your voting decision on such a narrow issue. Critical judgment consists of weighing the... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
You still have time to register Oct 27, 2008
In the past year, we ve seen the cost of birth control skyrocket at our health centers. The next president will play a key role in whether the law that caused this spike in prices is fixed. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Female contraception reflects sexual inequality Oct 26, 2008
When men and women decide to become sexually active, the egregious differences between birth control options for men and women become immediately apparent ... As the only form of birth control on the market for men, condoms are a basic default ... Though they address the complicated issues of birth control and sexually transmitted diseases, condoms themselves arent complicated. (Yale Herald, CT)
A Comeback for Confession Oct 26, 2008
Because few U.S. Catholics consider birth control immoral, Humanae Vitae has led to a wider re-evaluation of what constitutes sin--and whether confession is really necessary. The church's sexual-abuse scandal has also taken its toll. (Time.com)
Can we stop maternal deaths? Oct 25, 2008
She should be educated in health, nutrition, hygiene, family planning, birth control etc. Ada Nwachuku, USA. (BBC News -- Health)
Can the market support family-friendly condos? Oct 25, 2008
By mid-century, the lack of family-sized condominiums in the Toronto area may prove as effective a birth control measure as China's one-child policy. Granted, the dramatic shortage of affordable three-bedroom suites may not replace the pill, but it is certain to make people think twice about where they are going to raise more than a single child. (Globe and Mail)
England to require sex ed for kindergarteners Oct 24, 2008
Peru is implementing a pilot program this year in 146 schools that begins lessons on sexual reproduction at age 11 and on birth control at 14. It will be adopted nationwide next year. (MSNBC -- Health)
Rx for Seniors: Sex Oct 24, 2008
They don t have to worry about birth control. More time is allowed for foreplay. (Fox News)
Human life stands above all issues Oct 24, 2008
S3x education and proper birth control are definitely the proper answer ... " Dick wrote on Oct 23, 2008 6:24 PM:" I do not endorse abortion as a method of birth control, but there are sometimes extenuating circumstances (rape, incest, health of the mother, etc. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Va. pharmacy follows faith, no birth control sales Oct 24, 2008
pharmacy follows faith, no birth control sales - Yahoo ... pharmacy follows faith, no birth control sales ... And no birth control. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Editor's Mailbag (Oct. 17) Oct 24, 2008
While abortion may not be the answer to global warming, a little birth control wouldn t hurt. Amanda Anderson, Lebanon. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Bishop To Bless Pharmacy That Doesnt Stock Contraceptives Oct 23, 2008
(October 22, 2008)--The Roman Catholic Church is giving its blessing to a new pharmacy in northern Virginia that doesn't stock any type of birth control or contraceptives. It's one of a handful of "pro-life" drugstores around the country that allow pharmacists to practice their profession without compromising their faith. (KWTX.com, TX)
October is 'Let's Talk' month in Iowa Oct 23, 2008
Walk-in services available at the Teen Clinic include: pregnancy testing, testing for sexually transmitted diseases including HIV, birth control, free condoms and information about the body and health ... "It's just for sexual health issues, so if someone has a cold, this won't be the place to go. Some birth control methods will be available for free. If someone wants something not available in that category, the doctor will write a prescription." Hopkins said the target population for the Teen... (Boone Today, IA)
House to Consider Abortion Anesthesia Bill Oct 23, 2008 LETTER: Abortion is the most compelling moral issue Oct 22, 2008 New Va. pharmacy wont sell any contraceptives Oct 22, 2008 News Stories Oct 22, 2008 Women's Health Office Funds Cut Oct 22, 2008 LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 21, 2008 Oct 22, 2008 Thanks to Angelina Jolie, having lots of kids is hip Oct 22, 2008 Letters to the Editor (Oct. 14) Oct 22, 2008 Pharmacy Stops Won't Sell Contraceptives - (7:53pm) Oct 22, 2008 Late-term abortions must not be the only choice Oct 22, 2008 Who gets abortions in South Dakota? A quick profile Oct 22, 2008 Billboard helped Rieman choose not to abort baby Oct 22, 2008 Catholic Bishop Blesses No-Contraceptives Pharmacy Oct 22, 2008 Dating a spoiled princess? Oct 21, 2008 40 Days For Life: Vigil or harassment? Oct 21, 2008 Birth control has long-term effect on hormone exposure Oct 21, 2008 Better take a second look at Obama's qualifications Oct 20, 2008 Letters to the Editor (Oct. 14) Oct 20, 2008 Dr. Allan Rosenfield, at 75; advocate for women's health Oct 19, 2008 Who is worthy to receive? Oct 19, 2008 The Die is Cast (5) Oct 19, 2008 Response to ‘The Die is Cast’? Oct 18, 2008 McCain has links to terrorist Oct 18, 2008 • Religion letters Oct 18, 2008 Welcome to real world Oct 18, 2008 Non-sustainable coastal development and WOC Oct 18, 2008 LETTER: Obama's change will be a disaster for U.S. Oct 17, 2008 From Politico Oct 17, 2008 Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Chemotherapy Oct 17, 2008 Gay marriage foes, get over it Oct 17, 2008 Nevada Life after Obama on abortion; campaign and PP-Mar Monte react Oct 17, 2008 You might think so, but I’m not angry John McCain Oct 17, 2008 Who's "Fierce" On Abortion? Oct 17, 2008 Vote for Obama Oct 16, 2008 Bayer Gets European Approval to Market Qlaira, New Oral Contraceptive Pill Oct 16, 2008 FDA warns Bayer over birth control pill ads Oct 16, 2008 Health Buzz: High Blood Pressure and Other Health News Oct 16, 2008 Women's Health Office Funds Cut Oct 16, 2008 Emma Goldman clinic celebrates 35th year Oct 16, 2008 Anti-Obama forces start trek through Nevada Oct 16, 2008 LETTER: It's up to the voters to repair nation's problems Oct 15, 2008 The politics of postage stamps Oct 15, 2008 Letter: Save Hail Mary passes for football games Oct 15, 2008 Mother Of Missing Toddler Indicted On Murder Charge Oct 15, 2008 Just A Numbers Game? Making Sense Of Health Statistics Oct 14, 2008 Editor's Mailbag (Oct. 8) Oct 14, 2008 Student health reports 100% increase in females getting HPV shot Oct 14, 2008 Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Oct 14, 2008 Parental Notification Measure Leading In Polls Oct 13, 2008 'If life is sacred ... ' Oct 13, 2008 Disputes over religion and health care land in Calif. courts Oct 13, 2008 Who cares: Inexperience counts Oct 13, 2008 House to Consider Abortion Anesthesia Bill Oct 13, 2008 Licking the Zeitgeist Go ahead, let the Obamafied optimism wash over you... Oct 11, 2008 Health Buzz: Stem Cells From Testicles and Other Health News Oct 11, 2008 Morgentaler receives Order of Canada in Quebec City Oct 11, 2008 'Virgin' shark birth in Virginia Oct 11, 2008 Learning from Gloucester's mistake Oct 11, 2008 Road trip reveals wonder of the west Oct 11, 2008 Warburton runs for House seat Oct 11, 2008 Gloucester OK's contraceptives Oct 10, 2008 Protect your hunting and fishing rights Oct 10, 2008 Palin a hot ticket Oct 10, 2008 Huh? Pregnant With 3 Babies and on the Pill Oct 10, 2008 News Stories Oct 10, 2008
Even the bill's definition of pregnancy -- beginning at the moment of fertilization, rather than at implantation in the uterus -- is problematic to some abortion rights groups, since it would legislatively establish that some forms of birth control induce abortion by blocking implantation after fertilization. Backers of the bill have framed it as a common-sense extension of existing state laws that mandate that patients receive information about abortion procedures before giving their consent. (Yahoo News -- Abortion Rights Debate)
Are the abortion bans exceptions enough? Oct 23, 2008
The law is written to end abortion as birth control, not to prevent life- and health-saving abortions, he said. Rape is common in America, according to Dr. Anne Fisher, an emergency room physician who appears in the film. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
This bunch typicly opposes birth control, education, and expecting mother care groups ... I know people who get abortions like birth control and that is where the line needs to be drawn ... " father bob wrote on Oct 21, 2008 12:02 PM:" Being Me wrote on Oct 21, 2008 8:25 AM:I know people who get abortions like birth control and that is where the line needs to be drawn. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
And no birth control ... States across the country have been wrestling with the issue of pharmacists who refuse on religious grounds to dispense birth control or morning-after pills, and some have enacted laws requiring drug stores to fill the prescriptions ... While Divine Mercy Care is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, it is guided by church teachings on sexuality, which forbid any form of artificial contraception, including morning-after pills, condoms and birth control pills, a... (MSNBC -- Health)
Birth Control Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
It also produces heavily requested health information about menopause, pregnancy, birth control, osteoporosis and other topics. The administration had requested -- and Congress had budgeted -- $4 million for the office in fiscal 2007, just as they have for several years running. (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
One thing is for sure, I can not support anyone who will approve the death of an unborn child as a form of birth control ... Look I don't believe in using abortion as a form of birth control. (North County Times)
We aren't Roman Catholic, Mormon, or Orthodox Jewish, and have no religious opposition to birth control. While we aren't wealthy by any means, we aren't poor as church mice, either. (Yahoo News)
And we haven't even touched on the right to vote, the right to free health care, the right to free seed, the right to birth control. " scott burress wrote on Oct 14, 2008 10:18 AM:" Cliff - I hope you read yesterday's letter by Matt. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
DMC is not formally affiliated with the Catholic Church, but follows church teachings on birth control. It does not sell condoms, birth control pills or any other form of contraception. (WTVR.com, VA)
Those circumstances include that abortion not essentially be a form of birth control when there are many other options that don't kill a human being, and that the procedure be limited to the first trimester. Late-term abortions are brutal and barbaric. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
But as the mother of a 3-month-old daughter, MacKenzie conceived when her birth control failed abortion wasn t the choice she made, despite the fact that we weren t ready, Senn said. Senn and MacKenzie s father face financial struggles as new parents with few resources. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The Riemans support Measure 11 because, they say, it will end abortion as a method of birth control, preventing as many as 90 percent of all abortions performed in South Dakota ... Having abortion readily available as birth control doesn t make sense to me, Rachel said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
And no birth control ... States across the country have been wrestling with the issue of pharmacists who refuse on religious grounds to dispense birth control or morning-after pills, and some have enacted laws requiring drug stores to fill the prescriptions ... While Divine Mercy Care is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, it is guided by church teachings on sexuality, which forbid any form of artificial contraception, including morning-after pills, condoms and birth control pills, a... (W-USA News, DC)
But from your comments you think birth control should only be on the woman and dudes should be able to free willie anytime without regards to where willie is landing ... Ladies it appears you agree that men should strap up but are you saying that woman shouldn t take birth control if she is out having recreation sex. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
It provides birth control, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy testing, information about alternatives to abortion, and education about sexual health. "We're doing more in one day to prevent unintended pregnancies and the need for abortion than these people are doing in 40 days," Jewell said. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
D., discovered that monkeys who had been given birth control earlier in life had a reduced amount of estrogen excreted in their urine ... Half of the monkeys were given a birth control treatment of triphasic estrogen and progestin, marketed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals as TriphasilTM, for 26 months. (EurekAlert!)
" julio wrote on Oct 15, 2008 12:52 PM:" Cant be a real Christian and ignore poverty in the USA, starvation in Africa, Sudan and Darfur, Aids, overpopulation, women's rights in the 3rd world, Republican fighting birth control in America and across the world, corporate Republican greed. Abortion is only a small part of the injustice in the real world, Democrats are the true Christians and not one issue zealots. (Montana Standard, MT)
And we haven't even touched on the right to vote, the right to free health care, the right to free seed, the right to birth control. " scott burress wrote on Oct 14, 2008 10:18 AM:" Cliff - I hope you read yesterday's letter by Matt. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
3 percent and the country faced a severe shortage of physicians, Dr. Rosenfield helped develop a national family planning program that trained auxiliary midwives to prescribe birth control. By 2000, Thailand's population growth rate had dropped to 0. (Boston Globe)
"Among those persuaded by that rationale is Tina Roberts, a worshiper at St. John's Episcopal Church in Westwood, who was raised as a Catholic."I grew up in a home where my parents were divorced, and my mom didn't take Communion, and although I was only a child, I felt bad for her," Roberts said.Roberts and her husband left the Catholic Church over a variety of disagreements about issues such as the Church's teaching on birth control, and found their way to an Episcopal church after they had... (Boston Globe)
T wrote on Sep 3, 2008 1:04 PM:" Mr. Simmons, I have read a few of your articles and I am puzzled. Are you the same Mr. Simmons that was or is a minister? and if so, How do you support your political views and believe in the bible? I am bipartisan, I agree with some democrats and some republicans. The one thing out of anything that I believe is that our world is slowly (more rapidly here lately) headed to disaster. We all live within the world and the worldly views, this is not acceptable to God... (Thomaston Times, GA)
In today s society, thanks to ROE VS WADE; abortion (or murdering an innocent life) is just another form of birth control; unfortunate, but approved by left-wing liberals. There should be no reason that an innocent life should be taken (infant; or adult for that matter). (Thomaston Times, GA)
I own guns, don't believe that abortion is another means of birth control, and think people should be involved in their government. And I do not live in fear. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Influenced by the churches, Britain had banned the dissemination of birth control information ... Annie Besant thought about it and wrote pamphlets teaching methods of birth control to factory men and wives. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
The overwhelming number are performed on women who use this as a method of birth control for the inconvenience of having become pregnant. Do we really want to be a society of people who condone such practices such as partial birth abortion, which can only be classified as barbaric. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Policies on human populations nationally may need to be modified, and birth control programs should be intensified up to the district level. Within this situation, Indonesia prepares itself to host the conference. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
" Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.*If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.*Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.*Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.*If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Next they'll have a few whores who use abortion as a form of birth control running around saying they're pro-life. Posted By: Geritol | October 16, 2008 at 12:29 PM. (Harper's Magazine)
Friday, October 17, 2008. Besides hair loss and nausea, side effects include fatigue, vomiting, mouth sores and pain. (U.S. News & World Report)
Dude wrote on Oct 16, 2008 10:55 AM:" Got no problems with an individual exercising his/her right to love whoever they want. Marriage is different than love, and it is not a right. In fact, there are times when the government invades and tells a mentally "handicapped" person that they cannot get married and they force birth control. Is this controlling their rights? Anyway, the real truth is that any man can marry any woman, no man can marry any man, and no woman can marry any woman. So... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Choice includes the full range of options, she said, from birth control or pre- and post-pregnancy education to termination or adoption prospects. She said those for restricting choice would wreak havoc on women. (KRNV.com, NV)
AUD wrote on Oct 16, 2008 11:44 AM:" Youre right, there IS fear re: Palin, and for me, it's legitimate. She may have as much general public experience as Obama, but has NO national experience and that scares me. A woman who believes that victims of rape & child victims of incest should have no options should they become pregnant as a result of the crime scares me with her lack of compassion. A woman who feels, as does Cheney, that the powers of the VP should be expanded scares me with her lack... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
This kind of story cheering a "dissident" Catholic as "old-fashioned" is a natural for Pizzey, a reporter who kicked the casket of Pope John Paul the Great in 2005, saying his rigid opposition to abortion was a "flaw" of his life: "His legacy is not without flaws. His staunch refusal to ordain women as priests and rigorous rejection of birth control, abortion and homosexuality, have alienated many." CBS skipped that angle. It detracts from the Obama story line. (Human Events Online)
He voted against requiring health plans to cover birth control, has said Roe v. Wade should be overturned, and he opposes comprehensive sex education programs ... In order to reduce the number of abortions in this country, women need access to affordable birth control ... Nutmeg wrote on Oct 3, 2008 4:29 PM:" McCain-Palin are anti-choice, anti privacy rights and anti-birth control pills.That is what I call scary.Our Constitution provides for Right to Privacy. My choice is Obama-Biden the folks... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Bayer AG, Germany's largest drugmaker, won European approval for its new birth control pill Qlaira. The pill is a contraceptive made from estradiol, the same estrogen that is produced by the female body, Bayer said in a faxed statement today. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Bayer's HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Division, over what the agency calls "misleading" commercials for its birth control pill YAZ.. According to a letter to Bayer from the FDA's Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising and Communication dated Oct. 3, the company's "Balloons" and "Not Gonna Take it" TV ads "misleadingly suggest that treatment with YAZ" will be effective against acne and a pre-menstrual condition called PMDD, or... (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Learn about condoms, diaphragms, and other barrier methods of birth control. Watch how cancer forms inside the breast, and learn the possible signs and symptoms of breast cancer. (U.S. News & World Report)
It also produces heavily requested health information about menopause, pregnancy, birth control, osteoporosis and other topics. The administration had requested -- and Congress had budgeted -- $4 million for the office in fiscal 2007, just as they have for several years running. (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
Goldman was also a mentor and friend to Margaret Sanger, founder of the American Birth Control League, which was renamed Planned Parenthood in 1942. Today, it's the nation's leading women's health-care provider. (Daily Iowan, IA)
For awhile, he said, he thought it was a prospective mother's right to decide, but he altered that view because abortion has become a birth control method. He said America he checked on the Internet and learned America has lost 1. (KRNV.com, NV)
God Is wrote on Oct 14, 2008 7:44 AM:" I guess I can say that I agree with this article somewhere around 95 per cent. We could all do with a little more patriotism, a little more worship, and a little more respect for ourselves and others.But I am old enough to remember the times of which you speak. The passage of time has made them appear ideal. The actual fact is that they weren't.Babies weren't safe in the womb even then. They never have been. Plus there were no good methods of birth control... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Unless one is opposed in principle to birth control, why not commemorate Stopes for the positive things she did achieve. John B, London, UK. (BBC News -- UK)
I wonder if that daughter of hers took much away form all those " abstinence only" lectures of birth control. If Chelsea Clinton had given birth out of wedlock the republican congress would have started impeachment proceedings for having an unfit First lady soiling the executive mansion. (Montana Standard, MT)
If you do want children use birth control, keep your legs closed, or if you have a child that is unwanted give it up for adoption to couples who can not have children. To just kill a child is sick. (KWTX.com, TX)
A mid-1990s report in Britain showed that new oral contraceptive pills posed a twofold (or 100%) increased risk of blood clots led to a mass panic among women, who opted to stop using this form of birth control as a result. There were an estimated 13,000 more abortions in England and Wales in the year following the report, due to the pill scare. (Science Daily)
Joyce wrote on Oct 8, 2008 4:07 PM:" Gosh Bill, abortion is not THE answer to global warming, but birth control is one answer we should all support. Less people, less polution. Get it? ". EH wrote on Oct 8, 2008 4:32 PM:" Loretta These are a few of the rights we women have lost. The right only comes up with abortion as an argument and over look all the other things that are lost.Loretta John McCain voted against coterceptive legislation. Read his voting record.McCain has opposed legislation... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
"I probably never will, and I'm not too concerned about it - I don't sleep around, and I'm on birth control," she said. UI sophomore Krizia Zearley got the vaccination, mainly because her mom had HPV.. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Royal Mail has released a stamp honouring Marie Stopes, the birth control pioneer who is accused of Nazi sympathies. All-day drinking has led to a "significant drain on police resources" as officers are being used to deal with the after-effects. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
"We don't want to be an agent of the state. ... We respect our mandated requirements to report abuse, but for a young woman who consented to a relationship and was not abused, who made a mistake and didn't use birth control, we don't want to squeal on her and ruin the trust relationship.". Along with her daughter, Kim-Shree Maufas, board vice president of the San Francisco Unified School District, campaigned against the prior measures, and she's doing so again. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
10/12/08 22:49:02 Every day, as I drive to work, I witness picketers outside the Planned Parenthood Health Center on Fulton, which provides prenatal education, vaccinations and general heath care as well as birth control services and emergency contraception. Those gathered outside this center, with their signs and camera ready, obstruct -- emotionally if not physically -- those who depend upon the services of this health center. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
California Attorney General Jerry Brown wrote a letter to federal officials complaining the proposed regulation conflicts with state laws aimed at making sure people have access to birth control. "Ultimately it's the patient that ends up suffering because they're denied access to services," said Christine Lyon, vice president for external affairs for Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
She is opposed to birth control education and to abortion even if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Palin, who had her fifth child four months ago, spoke lovingly of the newest addition to the Palin family. (Yarmouth Register, MA)
Even the bill's definition of pregnancy -- beginning at the moment of fertilization, rather than at implantation in the uterus -- is problematic to some abortion rights groups, since it would legislatively establish that some forms of birth control induce abortion by blocking implantation after fertilization. Backers of the bill have framed it as a common-sense extension of existing state laws that mandate that patients receive information about abortion procedures before giving their consent. (Yahoo News -- Abortion Rights Debate)
Bible literalism, creationism, intelligent design, and screeching over stem cells, flag burning, "f--k" on TV, abstinence education, feminism, censorship, nipples in public, pregnant teens, birth control, the "war on Christmas". The "culture warriors" still scattered across the megachurches and Fox News channels of America, they are muted. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
I know this isn't supposed to be funny, but men have been avoiding responsibility for birth control for decades because vasectomy is "too painful" and condoms "don't feel natural". Women, on the other hand, have been getting tubal ligations, which are actually riskier and more invasive, and using birth control pills which can cause cancer and blood clots, because they are the ones who get pregnant ... Learn about condoms, diaphragms, and other barrier methods of birth control. (U.S. News & World Report)
Abortion should not be used as birth control. No he does not have a right to this award. (CTV.ca)
He has written about birth control for squirrels in Santa Monica and pigeons in Hollywood, the hidden culture of TV pet adoptions, and animal cruelty throughout Southern California. A L.A. transplant, he is from San Antonio, Texas, where his dog Diego now keeps his mother company. (Los Angeles Times)
Earlier attempts to offer birth control services were rebuffed by overly cautious administrators at the clinic's sponsoring hospital who feared community retribution, and the medical director and chief nurse practitioner resigned in protest. Other communities don't have to learn the hard way. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Presently the Forest Service is darting elk cows and yearlings and administering a birth control drug. Those elk that have been treated with the drug are wearing blue collars around their necks. (Forest Republican, WI)
I am endorsed by the Montana Right to Life and I am not afraid to stand against abortion, particularly abortion used as birth control, she said. I ll also stand up for one-man, onewoman marriage. (Havre Daily News, MT)
Several board members voiced uncertainty about distributing the birth control pill, but the committee agreed it would impossible to allow some forms of contraception and not others. "I think we all know this is a controversial issue," said Greg Verga, committee chairman. (Boston Globe)
Richard wrote on Oct 9, 2008 6:13 AM:" To Haley, if you eat ANYTHING, then some animal or bug has to be killed or otherwise prevented from eating that item first. The best way to do that AND maintain a healthy environment is to allow and support hunting, fishing and trapping. The Game Commissions analyse animal populations every year and adjust hunting and fishing bag limits accordingly. That is a LOT better than trying to give birth control to deer or allowing wolves to roam the countryside... (Durant Daily Democrat, OK)
The McCain campaign issued a statement Thursday asking voters to come at 7 a.m. to avoid long lines through security. Somerset County Republican Chairman Bruce Hottle said the Republican committee gave out 600 tickets the first day and received another 400 to 500 tickets Thursday. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
A 22-year-old woman gave birth to identical triplets even though she was taking the birth control pill when she became pregnant. Kirsty Hale said it felt unreal when she discovered she was having not one, but three babies. (Fox News)
Birth Control Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
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