More Big Condom News From the Pope

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2010 Now there's a headline we didn't count on writing anytime soon, at least not with this news under it: Pope Benedict XVI followed his surprising words about male prostitutes and condoms with a clarification, according to one Father Federico Lombardi (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Health Care Bill Might Make ‘the Pill’ Free

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2010 Catholic groups are less than thrilled at the prospect that Uncle Sam might get into the contraception business. Nonetheless, a panel set to convene this month could decide that preventing unwanted pregnancies qualifies as the kind of complementary preventive care for women required by Obamacare. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Happy Birthday, the Pill

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2010 Fifty years ago on Sunday, U.S. authorities announced the release a contraceptive device for women in the form of a swallowable tablet. The pill, as it has come to be known, has revolutionized sex, as well as given women control over their bodies when it comes to reproductive health. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: End-of-the-Oughts Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 1, 2010 It's been kind of a lousy decade, but things are looking up. An Indian minister says TV works as birth control, coffee might not kill you, and there's plenty more where that came from. Today's list after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America’s War on Sex: The Contraception Battle

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2008 Dr. Marty Klein, author of "America's War on Sex: The Attack on Law, Lust and Liberty," has some additional questions for John McCain -- who flailed in the face of a perfectly reasonable query about Viagra versus birth control last week -- as well as his rivals for the presidency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Maine Middle School to Offer Birth Control

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2007 While the nation's tweens and teens are taught the laughable "abstinence only" government-sponsored curriculum about sex, one middle school in Maine is taking a more realistic approach to the matter, offering a range of birth control options in an effort to curb a troubling trend toward teen pregnancy among its students. Yes, you read that right: This is a middle school we're talking about here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Birth Control Is Back

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jul 18, 2007 The U.S. continues to have the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrialized world, despite this week's reports of doubled sales of the controversial over-the-counter birth control method Plan B, otherwise known as "the morning-after pill." So why does Washington continue to push abstinence-only sex education against all better scientific judgments? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Curing the Female ‘Curse’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2007 Birth control pill manufacturer Wyeth has whipped up a new product, Lybrel, that will not only prevent pregnancies but will apparently eliminate menstrual periods altogether. Does this development constitute a liberating break from biology for women or a subtle message that their bodies need to be somehow 'fixed'? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )