Staff / TruthdigJan 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 )
Staff / TruthdigJul 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 )
Staff / TruthdigOct 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 )
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Marie Cocco / TruthdigJul 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
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