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According to a United Nations study published yesterday, 233 million women worldwide will have an unmet need for contraception by 2015. 233 million women. 233 million women. 233 million women. That number is just boggling, isn’t it?
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Today, in “things that should not have to be news but are because the world is crazy”: the Roman Catholic Church of Germany has declared that it approves of emergency contraception in the case of rape. The discussion and declaration … More
Use of emergency contraception has more than doubled recently, the New York Times reports. New federal data shows that between 2006 and 2010, 11% of sexually active women used the so-called “morning after pill,” up from 4% in 2002. And among early-twenty-somethings, almost 25% having used morning-after pills at some point. More
A large new study dispels long-standing fears that using an intrauterine device (IUD) will lead to pelvic inflammatory disease. It found the risk of getting PID after IUD insertion was extremely low, with or without testing for sexually transmitted infections beforehand. More
Maybe it’s because there’s still a huge amount of stigma and shame surrounding it, or maybe it’s because birth control has become more of a controversy than a matter of basic health, but according to a new (albeit small) poll, women are just not getting the information they need about contraception. How much do you really know about your birth control? Because, apparently, if you’re like many women, the answer is “not much.” More
Yesterday, an article in the Daily Mail got women thoroughly panicked. The subject? The Implanon, a hormonal birth control insert about the size of a matchstick that is place under a woman’s skin to prevent pregnancy, and its propensity for … More
Starting yesterday, women who are insured and employed by non-religious employers who weren’t seeking exemption got a big boost in their health care coverage. August 1st marked the beginning of mandatory coverage of well-women visits, HPV screenings, and even no-cost birth control. But reading lists and trying to parse out government documents can still leave some health care information pretty hazy, so Planned Parenthood has released this very-helpful infographic to explain. More
Yesterday, I paid $69 for the privilege of not getting pregnant for one month. I know; much less than what a baby would cost (thanks, poster in my high school nurse’s office!). But way more than I can afford in my current financial situation. I use the NuvaRing, the notoriously expensive form of birth control, and I’m seriously considering trying to buy my birth control on the black market, sketchy as it may sound. Â And I’m not the only one. More
Hooray, more support for Melinda Gates’ contraceptive planning! New research estimates that contraceptive use saves the lives of more than a quarter of a million women each year. That’s right: condoms, birth control pills, IUDs, etc do more than just prevent unwanted babies: they actually save women’s lives all over the world, especially in developing countries. More
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Melinda Gates has recently come under fire for supporting a new contraceptive plan that aims to bring birth control to 120 million women worldwide, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. What’s the problem? Melinda is a practicing Catholic, and the Catholic church doesn’t believe in birth control. More
Judging by current U.S. political debates, you might think women’s reproductive health wasn’t a huge priority for governments. But the U.N. would like to tell world leaders that they do, indeed, need to wake up and take birth control more seriously, especially when it comes to young women. More
We’ve been talking a lot of about contraceptive and reproduction this week, and mostly focusing on female birth control. But the truth is, male birth control isn’t that far behind…and men want it. So why the long wait for a medication that is both in demand, and scientifically plausible? Guest writer Hunter Motto–a confirmed heterosexual male–attempts to parse it out. More
I’m going to say something, and for some people, it might be hard to read. But here it goes: I use birth control because I want to have non-procreative sex. More
This week: A Georgia legislator says if pigs and cows can carry stillborn fetuses to term, women should also have to; a bill in Arizona would let any employer opt out of contraceptive coverage; doctors would be prohibited from prescribing abortion drugs via web cam in Wisconsin; New Hampshire pushes a faulty abortion and breast cancer link; and men are offered free pizzas with a vasectomy. More
