Staff / TruthdigMay 29, 2006
The Onion reports on an "unpaid 15-minute break during the regular 18-hour workday, to allow pregnant women to 'expel the child from their body, adjust to being a new parent, wash their hands, and return to work.' " Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 18, 2006
Western European teens have fewer pregnancies, and lower levels of STDs, than their American counterparts. Why? Because teens in Europe have easy access to contraceptives, confidential healthcare and comprehensive sex education. Teen sex is seen as a healthy thing. (Compare that to America's puritanical, ineffective abstinence programs.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 16, 2006
Salon writer Rebecca Traister sounds off on new "Orwellian" federal guidelines that treat all women as pre-pregnant--regardless of whether or not they plan on being so any time soon. "Healthcare authorities," she writes, are "letting you know why your health as a woman really matters"--i.e. as baby incubators.
Salon link (reg. req'd)
Washington Post story Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 10, 2006
On May 9, 1960, the FDA approved Enovid, the first birth control pill, for clinical use Many court cases, a sexual revolution and a fundamentalist backlash later, use of and access to contraceptives is still very much a hot-button issue in the US Read a roundup of information and opinion relating to the release of an explosive report last week connecting a spike in unwanted pregnancies among the poor to decreased contraceptive use (h/t: Feministing)
REPORT: A Tale of Two Americas for Women: The Contraception-Abortion Connection press release | PDF (Guttmacher Institute)
Timeline: The Pill (PBS). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 9, 2006
What happens when abortion is a felony offense in any circumstance? Jack Hitt provides chilling answers in his brilliant investigative piece on abortion in El Salvador. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Molly Ivins / TruthdigMar 7, 2006
When you think "enlightenment," the first thing that comes to your mind is "the South Dakota Legislature," right? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 4, 2006
But the retail giant will allow pharmacists who object to filling a Plan B prescription to refer customers to another pharmacy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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