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Hey, Men: Contraception Is Your Fight, Too

This is not just a women's issue: Glenn W. Smith and James Moore

(Newser) - Women may be the people who actually take birth control pills, but men benefit from the practice just the same. The pill "has made our sex lives a lot simpler, and let's admit it, a hell of a lot more enjoyable," write Glenn W. Smith and James...

Make Birth Control Over the Counter
 Make Birth Control 
 Over the Counter 
OPINION
Mar 9, 2012 1:37 PM CST

Make Birth Control Over the Counter

The pill is as safe as everything else in the drug store: Virginia Postrel

(Newser) - The controversy over oral contraceptives raises one obvious question: Why the heck aren't they available over the counter? "True, making the pill available over the counter could reduce the amount of outrage and invective available for entertaining radio audiences," Virginia Postrel of Bloomberg quips. "But the...

The Male &#39;Pill&#39;: Ready for Testing
The Male 'Pill': Ready
for Testing
researchers say
Feb 27, 2012 6:48 PM CST

The Male 'Pill': Ready for Testing

Contraceptive pill for men may be just a decade away

(Newser) - Will men take it? Will women believe men are taking it? However this unfolds, the male contraceptive pill may be only a decade away, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. Researchers at the University of Kansas are so confident about their male contraceptive pill that they're ready to seek...

New Hampshire GOP Moves to Alter Birth Control Law

It has been in place for 12 years without controversy

(Newser) - New Hampshire has had a law on the books for 12 years requiring insurers' prescription drug plans to cover birth control, and it hasn't drawn the slightest bit of controversy—until now. With contraception suddenly a national issue, Republicans are trying to add a religious exemption to the mandate,...

Rick Santorum: Birth Control Is &#39;Not OK&#39;


 Rick Santorum: 
 Birth Control 
 Is 'Not OK' 
BLOGOSPHERE REACTS
Feb 15, 2012 11:51 AM CST

Rick Santorum: Birth Control Is 'Not OK'

Video surfaces of Santorum decrying moral hazards of protected sex

(Newser) - Rick Santorum thinks contraceptive use is wrong and a danger to the country, he declares in a video clip that's racing across the blogosphere today. In an October interview with the evangelical blog Caffeinated Thoughts, Santorum volunteers that, as president, he'd confront the "dangers of contraception" and...

If Faulty Pfizer Pills Result in Pregnancy, Can You Sue?

Yes, in most states: Slate

(Newser) - If you unintentionally get pregnant because you were on Pfizer's recalled birth control pills , can you sue? In most states, the answer is yes, writes Brian Palmer in Slate's Explainer column. That's because most US courts recognize the "unwanted conception" or "unwanted pregnancy" tort, which...

Pfizer Recalls Birth Control Pills

Some may not contain enough contraceptive to be effective

(Newser) - Pfizer is yanking about a million packs of birth control pills off of shelves nationwide over concerns that they don't contain enough contraceptive to be effective, reports Reuters . The recall, announced yesterday, affects lots of Lo/Ovral-28, Norgestrel, and Ethinyl Estradiol; due a packaging error, some packets contain too many...

Students Set Up Own Birth Control Clinic at Catholic Fordham U

They're protesting health insurance that doesn't cover what they need

(Newser) - Angry students at a prestigious Catholic university in Manhattan set up their own one-day birth control clinic to protest health service restrictions on contraception. Doctors at the make-shift clinic a block from Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus doled out free condoms and birth control prescriptions at the operation organized...

Oops: Maker of Birth-Control Pills Issues Recall

Qualitest Pharmaceuticals cites 'packaging error'

(Newser) - Maybe some interesting child-support cases in the offing? An Alabama pharmaceuticals company messed up the order of its birth-control pills and has issued a recall, reports ABC News . It includes this not-so-welcome warning: "As a result of this packaging error, the daily regimen for these oral contraceptives may be...

No More Co-Pay for Birth Control: Obama

New preventive health rules require insurers to cover cost

(Newser) - Women can say goodbye to co-pays on birth control: Health insurance companies will soon have to cover the cost themselves, the Obama administration says. It’s part of expanded preventive care for women , including coverage of breast pumps, “well woman” physicals, and STD counseling, the AP reports. Insurance firms...

Women Deserve Better Birth Control Options

Why can't Big Pharma make real improvements? Ann Friedman

(Newser) - Just about every American woman will use birth control at some point, and satisfaction surveys make clear that a good percentage don't like their options, writes Ann Friedman at Good magazine. They're worried about health risks, side effects such as depression or decreased libido, and on and on....

'Morning-After' Pill Is Good the Day of, Too

Early indicators are it's more effective than condoms, but lags behind patch, pill

(Newser) - The morning-after pill might need a new name after a study that finds it's fairly reliable as regular old, non-emergency birth control, reports Time. In a review of previous studies of 8,400 women, only about 5% who took the morning-after pill around the time they had sex over the...

Health Reform Side Effect: Free Birth Control?

Does contraception count as preventative care?

(Newser) - Here's the next big dogfight over health care reform: Whether the federal government is obligated to provide free birth control to American women. A panel will next month decide what falls under preventative care, and if contraception is determined to fit the bill, under Obamacare the feds must foot the...

Forget the Pill: Birth Control Gel Is Coming

Just 3mg a day is effective, clinical trials show

(Newser) - Tired of taking a pill every day to prevent pregnancy? Soon you may be able to simply rub a tiny amount of contraceptive gel on your skin instead. Just 3mg daily, applied to arms, legs, shoulders, or abdomen, is a suitable alternative to the pill, according to researchers, who tested...

Birth Control Makes You Smarter: Scientists

The pill makes your brain grow

(Newser) - Birth control pills make certain areas of a woman’s brain grow, boosting memory, social skills, and something called the “conversation hub,” according to a new study. Based on high-resolution images of the brains of 14 men and 28 women, researchers determined that birth control caused about a...

Should We Sell the Pill Over the Counter?

Will it be safe? and other questions

(Newser) - More and more women, health workers, and advocates are pushing to make birth control pills an over-the-counter medicine, leading Meredith Melnick to take a thorough look at what's giving the decade-old movement steam and the many questions surrounding it, for Newsweek . Advocates are latching on to new research that shows...

Scientists Unveil Male Pill
 Scientists Unveil Male Pill 
Jun 28, 2010 6:42 AM CDT

Scientists Unveil Male Pill

And guys only have to remember to take it 4 times a year

(Newser) - Scientists say they've finally created the "male pill"—and it sounds pretty easy to swallow. Developed by researchers in Israel, the oral pill works by removing a crucial protein in sperm, effectively deactivating it before it reaches the womb. It's proven to be 100% effective—at least on...

Sell the Pill Over the Counter

 Sell the Pill 
 Over the Counter 
opinion
Jun 22, 2010 12:00 PM CDT

Sell the Pill Over the Counter

It's time to end the prescription-only rule

(Newser) - After 50 years, it's time to start selling birth control pills over the counter, writes Kelly Blanchard. "The pill" has proven to be a safe, simple, and essential tool for women's contraception, but the prescription-only barrier limits its usefulness, she writes in the New York Times . It's not just...

The Pill Is Killing Marriage: Raquel Welch

Birth control is the reason people can't 'keep it in their pants'

(Newser) - Raquel Welch knows exactly why "nobody seems able to keep it in their pants" these days: birth control pills. In an article for CNN , the actress acknowledges the upsides to the Pill but blames it for eroding the institution of marriage—and fueling anarchy. "I'm ashamed to admit...

You've Come a Long Way, Baby—but Not Far Enough

The Pill turns 50, and work still remains

(Newser) - Gail Collins celebrates tomorrow's 50 anniversary of The Pill winning FDA approval, giving thanks that we no longer live in an age when birth control advice includes "wearing the testicles of a weasel." Nor are people imprisoned anymore for the crime of spreading information on the subject. All...

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