For when the body politic gets wild!
At last! A judge ordered the FDA to allow the morning after pill, Plan B, to be available over the counter! Hurrah! Plan B is not my favorite pill to take, because it can be crampy and make you cranky, but seriously, the drug is as safe as anything and it’s important to have access […]
Exciting new development on the Plan B front! It seems that New York City is going to pioneer this badass new program in which girls as young as 14 will have access to over the counter emergency contraception from school nurses. They have so far been sneaky about revealing plans and testing out the pilot […]
Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services Secretary, and I haven’t always been on the best of terms. I was appalled when she overode the FDA recommendations on Emergency Contraception. I’m pretty sure a Health and Human Services secretary had never publicly overruled what the FDA suggested, and this was just bollocks. It’s great that […]
Planned Parenthood rarely endorses a candidate, but they just endorsed Obama today. With all the nonsense we have been up against in the past few months fighting to support very basic things like birth control, the idea of a Romney presidency is terrifying for sure. Whether or not you feel jazzed about politics, think Obama […]
I can’t help but directly plagiarize myself, since next to ranting, I think the most important thing about blogging is getting people access to information. Here is a brief list of links that I think may be helpful. xox GENERAL SEX INFO/EDUCATION: Scarleteen: Sex Education for the Real World. I can’t really recommend this blog […]
In what seems like an unending serious of WTF moments in our nation, a bunch of Catholics are upset because they are going to be forced to cover birth control in health care they give their employees To be clear, Churches are exempt, but Catholic charities, hospitals, etc. will have to offer the coverage. More […]