Search results for "birth control"
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671NewsbreakConnecticut bill would allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control
A Connecticut bill proposed by Senators Ryan Fazio (R) and Heather S. Somers (R) would allow pharmacists in the state to prescribe...
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791NewsbreakNY gov to expand access to abortion, abortion pill on campuses, and birth control
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday announced plans to further expand abortion access in the already extremely pro-abortion state. The plans...
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2.3KAnalysisFDA considers approval of first over-the-counter birth control pill
This month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing an application for over-the-counter birth control. While more than 20 states...
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4.3KAnalysisViral TikTok video exposes connection between hormonal birth control and blood clots
Hormonal birth control is often recommended to women as a way for them to take control of their sexuality by avoiding pregnancy....
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1.2KNewsbreakGrey’s Anatomy cast films PSA pressuring women to take hormonal birth control and have abortions
The cast of Grey’s Anatomy recorded a PSA video this week in which they urged women to “get on birth control now”...
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895AnalysisBirth control can now be dispensed without a prescription in North Carolina
North Carolina women no longer need a prescription for several of the most common types of birth control. The law making birth control...
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1.1KIssuesPlanned Parenthood celebrates ‘Thanks, Birth Control Day’ but omits key facts
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE) celebrated ‘Thanks, Birth Control Day’ in a press statement on November 17, calling it “a national celebration of the...
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2.2KAnalysis‘The Business of Birth Control’ documentary explores birth control’s costs from secular perspective
A recently released documentary, The Business of Birth Control, takes a deep dive into the troubling origins and frequently unacknowledged costs of hormonal birth...
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1.9KNewsbreakBiden-Harris administration dismantles rule requiring abortion and birth control funding to be separate
President Biden has made good on his threat to undo the changes made to the Title X program by the Trump administration,...
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2.0KIssuesComparing the risks and side effects of hormonal birth control vs. natural fertility awareness
While some have attempted to claim that pregnancy risks are greater than hormonal birth control risks, this is not an apples to apples...
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1.0KAnalysisIs being on birth control safer than being pregnant?
We’ve all heard the now-debunked claim that abortion is 10 or even 14 times safer than childbirth. But recently, the executive director...
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1.8KNewsbreakIllinois governor signs bill allowing pharmacists to dispense birth control with no physician involvement
UPDATE, 7/22/21: Today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 0135 into law. Upon signing the bill, Pritzker stated, according to WANDTV.com: This...
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7.1KAnalysisAre birth control and abortion connected? Here are the facts.
Author and journalist Molly Jong-Fast penned the Vogue article, “The Anti-Birth Control Movement is the New Anti-Abortion Movement,” cutting right to the...
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1.3KIssuesSouth Carolina woman receives $600k settlement after birth control implant migrated
According to a local news channel in Beaufort County, South Carolina, an unnamed county resident recently received a $600,000 settlement from the state’s...
