Oh Baby! The Spears-Palin Connection Sep 4, 2008
Some will say that Bristol's pregnancy is a reflection (or even a direct result) of Sarah Palin's stand on birth control and sex education. I believe that it just proves that Sarah Palin has a daughter that she loves and supports. (Washington Post)
FOXSexpert: Sex Stories, From Bizarre to Bruising Sep 4, 2008
According to the Guttmacher Institute, one in four contraceptive users relies on a family planning clinic for critical reproductive health care in the U.S. Women rely on these clinics not only for birth control, but Pap smears, pelvic exams and HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing, counseling and treatment. Canada Launches Initiative to Combat HIV/AIDS. In an effort to promote safer sex and HIV testing among Canadian youth, a new initiative called One Life is aimed toward 18- to... (Fox News)
Will you watch? Sep 4, 2008
Listen to you WRONGS tell us birth control is wrong and abstain while Republican Congressmen play footsey in the bathroom. THE REPUBLICANS are totally out of touch. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
iReporters: Teenage pregnancy deserves attention Sep 4, 2008
Sonya Hathaway also promotes birth control when it comes to her teenage son. A self-described evangelical Christian, Hathaway said she initially planned to raise her son to abstain, but later decided to give him condoms. (CNN -- US)
Unleashing the Mommy Wars upon this election Sep 4, 2008
But luckily we don't have to judge Ms. Palin on her mothering when there are her political beliefs to consider (a politician who supports abstinence-only education in the schools is more responsible for teen pregnancy, I think, than a politician who pushes for birth control and comprehensive sex ed), the amount of experience she's had to qualify her for the vice-presidential slot and her political background, which seems to contain a few more surprises than the McCain camp bargained for. If all... (Globe and Mail)
Don't glorify teen pregnancy Sep 4, 2008
Maybe instead of pushing for creationist curriculum in public schools, she might rethink the idea of teaching sex-ed and birth control. MARY ELLEN OERTEL Sonoma. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Space, grace for Palin family Sep 4, 2008
But it may provoke some interesting dinner-table conversations -- not least about birth control and sex education. On this political issue you can find the snarkiness so notably absent in response to the Palins' personal story. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Letters to the Editor Sep 4, 2008
Birth control and sex education were inadequate and not well promoted then. More Opinion. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Commentary: Keep politics out of... Sep 4, 2008
The situation is so dire and prevalent that it's wrong for liberals to completely dismiss abstinence, and it's wrong for conservatives to refuse to accept birth control and condom education as part of a sex-education curriculum. We desperately need comprehensive sex education that incorporates all of these issues if we are to attack the problem -- and enough of the blowhards on both sides who think their way is the only way. (CNN -- Law)
Sciortino proud of Buffer Zone Bill Sep 4, 2008
There is hope for women looking to get birth control at health clinics without getting mobbed. The Buffer Zone Bill, championed in the Senate by state senators Susan Fargo, D-Lincoln, and Harriette Chandler, D-Worcester, and in the House by representatives Marty Walz, D-Boston, and Carl Sciortino, D-Medford, established a fixed 35-foot buffer zone around the entrances and driveways of all reproductive health facilities in Massachusetts in order to prevent violence and harassment of patients and... (Somerville Journal, MA)
Lindsay Lohan: Daughter's Pregnancy Is Taking Spotlight Away From Sarah Palin Sep 3, 2008
"I think that parents need to recognize how important it is to talk to their children about the things that can result from being sexually active if they aren't protecting themselves (birth control, condoms, etc.)," she wrote. Related. (Fox News)
The 'Juno' Effect Strikes Again Sep 3, 2008
For years, advocates on all sides of abortion and birth control issues have agreed on one thing: Unmarried teenagers should not get pregnant. They may have disagreed about whether abstinence or birth control were the best ways to accomplish this, but the end goal was the same. (Fox News)
Obama ad slams McCain on abortion rights... Sep 3, 2008
McCain cited abortion, sex education and birth control as some of the issues on which he differed with Joycelyn Elders, former President Clinton's nominee for surgeon general. He quoted Elders as telling lawmakers that abortion has had positive health effects, including reducing the number of children "afflicted with severe defects.". (The Drudge Report)
A miracle, not a scandal Sep 3, 2008
The incident is also extremely revealing about the Palins and others like them: They realize that urging abstinence doesn't always work -- but that it works a lot more reliably than birth control. At least they've got some values and are trying to live by them. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Abstinence Education Is Still a Good Idea Sep 3, 2008
Certainly, this much is undeniable: More girls get pregnant by thoroughly following the recommendations of birth control advocates than do girls who strictly adhere to an abstinence program ... At the time, the conventional wisdom was that many teenagers were having babies because they lacked knowledge of or access to birth control products ... They told him (and I paraphrase from memory) "Mr. Dash, we know all about birth control. And we can get them at the supermarket. But we want these... (Townhall.com)
Election brings scare tactics Sep 3, 2008
They refuse to talk about alternatives such as: family planning, avoiding unwanted pregnancies, or providing birth control free of charge ... cb wrote on Sep 1, 2008 9:50 PM:" Abortion is not what a woman does to her body, but what she does to someones elses body. She knows what having sex can produce. She can find the money afterwards to have the abortion, but could not find the money for a condom. I don't put all the blame on the woman, she couldn't get that way without a careless... (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 2, 2008 Sep 3, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Some month names are misnamed. (North County Times)
Young mother-to-be thrust into limelight Sep 3, 2008
OUTSIDE OF the debates on birth control, abortion, abstinence education, or teenage pregnancy, the following is undeniable: Sarah Palin accepted John McCain's invitation to be his potential vice president at the same time that she must have known that her 17-year-old daughter's pregnancy would wind up becoming a national topic of discussion. What does this say about her judgment and her avowed pledge to support her daughter through this difficult time. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
House to Consider Abortion Anesthesia Bill Sep 3, 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)
Questions for a Superhuman Mom Sep 3, 2008
Some of the questions we heard and asked in talking to friends and colleagues about Palin were echoed in on mothers and Palin: Should she have made absolutely sure her birth control was effective, given the odds of a birth defect for a mother of her age. Was it reckless to fly after her water broke, especially without getting her doctor's sign-off. (Slate)
Lindsay Lohan Says Bristol Palin's Pregnancy Is 'Distracting' Voters From Real Issues Sep 3, 2008
" She also talks about the importance of sex education for teenagers. "I think that parents need to recognize how important it is to talk to their children about the things that can result from being sexually active if they aren't protecting themselves (birth control, condoms, etc. " she wrote. Tuesday morning (September 2), media outlets began running details from the MySpace page of the father of Bristol's baby, 18-year-old . (The MySpace page has since been removed.) The Wasilla, Alaska,... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Palin to be grandmother Sep 3, 2008
Neuman added he s proud of the Palin family for not using abortion as a form of birth control and said it shows the Palins morals to support their daughter and her baby ... " Uhh, haven't you guys heard of birth control up there in Alaska? I kid...I kid... ". (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Hurricane Bristol hits Minnesota (264) Sep 3, 2008
This is not a private matter when your mother is the governor and advocates not teaching about or using birth control and when she supports abstinence only education. How far do we have to look for the evidence that this sort of sex education does not work. (Salon)
Gustav forces Republicans to curtail convention Sep 2, 2008
-Jack wrote on Sep 1, 2008 2:39 PM:" Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced moments ago that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant and is planning to keep the baby and marry the father. Sorta like Jaime Lynn Spears. I guess she missed that birth control lecture. ". HappyGoLucky wrote on Sep 2, 2008 12:19 AM:" Thats the problem Jack,Sarah Palin does not believe and I quote "in the explicit teaching of sex educaiton in school"She only belives in Abstinance...I wonder how thats... (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
McCain fought money for teen pregnancy programs Sep 2, 2008
McCain cited abortion, sex education and birth control as some of the issues on which he differed with Joycelyn Elders, former President Bill Clinton's nominee for surgeon general. He quoted Elders as telling lawmakers that abortion has had positive health effects, including reducing the number of children "afflicted with severe defects.". (International Herald Tribune)
Palin candidacy takes another turn Sep 2, 2008
I know two girls who went to school with me in NJ and shared the same detailed sex education as me and were given the same access to free birth control who still managed to get pregnant. Does this mean that those programs are failures. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
How do Dems attack Gov. Palin? Sep 2, 2008
You cannot deny that abstinence is the only method of birth control that is 100% effective. Not realistic, but 100% effective. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
News Stories Sep 2, 2008
Birth Control Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Women's Health Office Funds Cut Sep 2, 2008
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)
Post a comment Sep 2, 2008
Now we have the V.P. candidate of their choice admitting that her daughter seemed to overlook abstinence teachings and seemingly didn t know enough about birth control methods either. It warms one s heart that the daughter will have a shotgun marriage to a boy of high school age who is well prepared to support his new family. (International Herald Tribune)
Sarah Palin reveals teenage daughter is Sep 2, 2008
" For a party that prides itself on "family values," I can not understand picking a vice presidential candidate 00002C11 who has a 4 month old at home and a 17 yo daughter who is pregnant and unmarried. Regardless of sex, ones family should come fist.DD, Pennsylvania, USAImagine if such a thing had happened to a 17 yr old Chelsea Clinton! The rabid right wing would be ballistic with criticism towards Hillary, accusing her of putting her own polticial aspirations above her own family. But the... (Times Online)
Loving Neighbors Stand In For Grandparents Far Away - 9/2/2008 Sep 2, 2008
Worldwide food shortages, poverty, pollution, global warming and religious bigotry against birth control have resulted in the greatest crisis facing the world today -- overpopulation. -- AN 83-YEAR-OLD "OPA". (FOX23.com, OK)
McCain’s stunningly poor choice for VP shows it’s all about politics Sep 2, 2008
They should rebel against a candidate like Palin who publicly espouses withholding prudent sex education from teens in school and preaches the virtues and benefits of abstinence over birth control as an effective deterrent, an antiquated approach that did not prevent her own 17-year old daughter from becoming pregnant ... Kevin wrote on Sep 2, 2008 8:48 AM:" Jimmy...for the record. Abstinence is the only 100% proven effective form of birth control. Teaching respect, responsibility and... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
McCain names Alaskan governor running mate Sep 1, 2008
Music-man wrote on Aug 31, 2008 8:34 AM:" Where does one even begin... it's a 'beauty and the beast' type of partnership... she's a failed 'beauty queen' - bimbo anyone?... numerous personal scandals... he met her ONLY ONCE??? what!!???... and what is WITH the hair? (is it some biblical thing? - i.e. not cutting your hair? yet wearing LOTS of makeup and obviously not answering to her husband and staying home with the many kids?)... against all forms of birth control, for unmarried AND married... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Hax: Bratty student should get a job Sep 1, 2008
For my readers considering children, you're a case for birth control. Please revisit for a moment your objections to your parents: Is there malice. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Unity on Display at Tubbs Jones Memorial Aug 31, 2008
to harold reimann: u r the reason some people like your parents should have used birth control. Posted by: marlowe | August 30, 2008 10:46 PM. (Washington Post)
McCain picks Alaska gov as running mate. Aug 31, 2008
If she is truly against all abortions, I would like to know how she has supported birth control decisions for others,and what programs she has institutd for children in her town and state. I could never support a person so short-sighted, even blind, as to not understand there are extenuating circumstances to every situation, nor could I support someone who would intrude so thoroughly into the private lives of a country's citizens. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
SOUND OFF: PALIN FOR VP Aug 31, 2008
Crash wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:46 PM:" marc miller I don't think a woman has the right to murder babies AFTER they are born for her own greed (raising children is expensive) and as birth control. Self control would be a better idea. Bush/Cheney or any president/vp has the right and the obligation to protect Americans from terrorists anywhere in the world. " ... I will not vote for someone who doesn't even think the insurance companies should pay for birth control and who doesn't agree that women... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
* FEATURE : Temple rituals mourn aborted fetuses Aug 30, 2008
Schools still mainly teach students to avoid premarital sex, not addressing their sexual desires and the need for birth control, she said. This story has been viewed 496 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
If you want to shun parents, shun money, too Aug 30, 2008
For my readers considering children, you re a case for birth control. Please revisit for a moment your objections to your parents: Is there malice. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
District attorney says Book’s neglect showed intent in newborn’s death Aug 30, 2008
"This girl chose to get preagnent by not using birth control. If this child was a product of rape I would be willing to bet that the defense would have included that in their argument. This girl let that child die without any thought of obtaining help....sounds like murder to me. ". contrarian wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:53 AM:" I'm sure no one is arguing that punishment is inappropriate (I'm not). However, possible mitigating circumstances, if they exist, should be considered. The death of an... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Change at the Top: Greg Babe brings inside experience to Bayer Corp.s chief executive post Aug 29, 2008
Bayer s health care pharmaceuticals division lost a federal court battle in March with generic drugmaker over Barr s production of a lower-priced version of birth control pill Yasmin before Bayer s 2020 patent expiration. Bayer and Barr entered a supply and licensing agreement in July for Barr to sell, market and distribute the Bayer-manufactured drug. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Rants and raves Aug 29, 2008
IF WE'RE GIVING them condoms and birth control in middle school, we might as well let them get drunk in college. They are old enough for sex, they ought to be old enough to drink. (The Augusta Chronicle)
New Concepts In Contraception Aug 29, 2008
27, 2008) Hormonal contraception may become a safe, effective, and reversible form of birth control for men, according to a new study. The study revealed that the combination of testosterone and progestin. (Science Daily)
EMT trains Schodack cops Aug 29, 2008
"Then with the razor included in the pack, a dry shave to expose clean flesh. It is imperative that the pads on the AED are in contact with flesh." Then, she said responders should remove any patches on the victim's skin: "There are all kinds of patches from birth control to estrogen to nicotine." "The Castleton Ambulance and the Schodack Police Department have always had a close working relationship," Lieutenant Joseph Belardo told The Independent. "This training program has worked to solidify... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Hill School trip takes Limerick resident to Africa Aug 28, 2008
She said billboards and birth control supplies were visible in many areas of the country. O'Neill and Haley were selected by teachers to participate in the 2008 "African Service and Safari Adventure." Haley supposes that her love of languages had something to do with being selected. (Springfield Sun, PA)
Snapshots from the Democratic convention Aug 28, 2008
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2008 Democratic National Convention: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Cecile Richards, President of The Planned Parenthood Federation of America Aug 27, 2008
One in four women visit them--and not just for birth control--for cancer screening and breast exams ... Just two weeks ago, John McCain said he didn't know if insurance companies should cover birth control. (PR Newswire)
A step back for women Aug 27, 2008
Its purpose, according the administration officials, is to protect "any individual health care provider or institution from being compelled to participate in, or from being punished for refusal to participate in, a service that, for example, violates their conscience." The growing movement to obstruct access to contraception claims that dispensing medicines like the birth control pill is a matter of conscience ... In the span of four decades, access to birth control has transformed our culture. (Montana Standard, MT)
Proposed Bush Regulation Jeopardizes Women's Health Aug 27, 2008
Last Thursday the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released (PDF) that could seriously undermine women s access to reproductive health services, including birth control and abortion ... As the reports, ";when pressed about whether the regulation would protect health-care workers who consider birth control pills, Plan B and other forms of contraception to be equivalent to abortion, HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt said: This regulation does not seek to resolve any ambiguity in that... (Feministing)
The Democrats' strategy to beat McCain Aug 27, 2008
He opposed fair-pay legislation, and bills to fund birth control and comprehensive sex education programs. Yet 47 percent of Republican women who support McCain don't know his record on women's issues. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
2008 Democratic National Convention: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Nancy Keenan, President, NARAL - Pro-Choice America Aug 26, 2008
So, I ask John McCain: how is it moral to vote to eliminate a family-planning program that provides millions of low-income women with access to birth control and breast-cancer screenings. How is it moral, John McCain, to talk about respecting life while opposing the extension of the children's health insurance program. (PR Newswire)
Jeannie Babb Taylor: Memo to Bush Administration: Only pregnant women have abortions Aug 26, 2008
The Bushies have cooked up a diabolical new plan to rob women of safe and convenient birth control methods ... As Hillary Clinton explained in her typically understated manner, This definition would allow health-care corporations or individuals to classify many common forms of contraception including the birth control pill, emergency contraception and IUDs 'abortions' and therefore to refuse to provide contraception to women who need it ... The birth control pill and its cousins (Depo-Prevara... (Catoosa County News, GA)
Come back to God Aug 26, 2008
J. Black wrote on Aug 23, 2008 11:23 PM:" Why do people always bring up abortion at election time? Isn't it just as insane to cut off medical care for poor children or funding for school lunches, which might be their only real meal, and let the kid starve to death or die of disease?Wouldn't it be better to make birth control more readily available to everyone who needs it. And provide realistic sex education in school that teaches abstinance but not just abstinance.Why is it that the Election... (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
House to Consider Abortion Anesthesia Bill Aug 26, 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)
Did Michael Phelps Get a Gold Medal for a Race He Lost? Aug 26, 2008
The pro-life case against birth control, nursing, and exercise. William Saletanposted Aug. 5, 2008. (Slate)
On Your Mind Aug 25, 2008
This phenomenon highlights the fact that the babies we could have had but chose not to have via birth control and abortion will come back to haunt us. Will our children learn a lesson from our blindness. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Bush administration proposal is an attack on reproductive health Aug 25, 2008
The proposed changes must include explicit assurances they will not be used to block access to birth control and family planning. Otherwise, there is no choice but to see the rules as an attack on women's reproductive-health rights. (Seattle Times)
Flavonoids May Help Protect Against Ovarian Cancer Aug 25, 2008
After the researchers controlled for birth control pill use, number of children the women had, family cancer history and other relevant factors, they found that the women with the highest flavonol intake were 37 percent less likely to have ovarian cancer than women with the lowest flavonol intake. High intake of isoflavones cut ovarian cancer risk by 49 percent. (Newsmax)
High noon in duel for White House Aug 24, 2008
That's why its called birth control. Any guy who answers like that will never be president. (Times Online)
'Extended Cycle' Contraception Garners More Interest Aug 24, 2008
And there's some theoretical speculation that overall birth control effectiveness might be improved when women continue to use hormone-containing pills, she added. "Many failures with birth control pills occur when that seven-day hormone-free interval gets extended longer and women actually run the risk of ovulating -- if you forget to start your pack right when you're supposed to," she explained. (Health-Finder)
News Stories Aug 23, 2008
Birth Control Full Coverage on Yahoo. News. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Obama casts McCain as rich, out of touch Aug 23, 2008
Remember when Msame was asked the question about why insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control. Did anyone see this man squirm ,fold his arms, cover his mouth just trying to think fast enough to not look bad. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Bush Offers Job Protection to Doctors Against... Aug 22, 2008
The group, which had complained that earlier drafts of the regulation contained vague language that might block access to birth control, said it still has concerns about the latest version ... But Leavitt said the regulation was intended to protect practitioners who have moral objections to abortion and sterilization, and would not interfere with patients' ability to get birth control or any legal medical procedure. (Fox News)
The horses are now in the starting gate, and .... Aug 22, 2008
You know why they call it birth control. Because it s meant to stop a birth from happening nine months later. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
