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Birth Control Boogeyman Returns in Time for Halloween

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

October 14, 2009 - 7:00am

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The mainstream media loves publishing scare stories about the birth control pill, even when they’re nonsensical or employ shoddy evidence: they attract eyeballs, since both sex hysteria and counter-intuitive ideas attract readers.

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Roundup: Birth Control Makes You Ugly and Less Able to Mate with Orlando Bloom

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

October 8, 2009 - 8:47am

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Researchers uncover pointless "information" about women and birth control pills, health care reform legislation in the Senate would save money, millions of women and babies are dying in childbirth around the world.

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Roundup: Public Option is Alive, National Sex-Ed Week of Action, Is Yaz Safe?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

September 28, 2009 - 11:49am

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Health care reform needs to result in affordable health insurance options, the death of the public option is highly exaggerated, teens acknowledge the National Sex-Ed Week of Action and the birth control pill known as Yaz is being criticized for its safety.

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The Pill Kills Rational Reactions

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

June 21, 2009 - 11:47pm

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Anti-choicers protest the pill, complaints about Sonia Sotomayor reaching new levels of incoherence, and Plan B is easier for 17-year-olds to get, but it's not enough.

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Vampires And Anti-Choice Ghouls

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

August 25, 2008 - 10:19am

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The history of the birth control pill, more on the Obama/BAIPA dust-up, and why vampires are still about The Sex.




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Which Women Should Be Denied Contraception?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

August 15, 2008 - 4:53pm

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I respectfully ask Secretary Leavitt, given the new information that more American women than ever before are accessing contraception and family planning services, which women should be denied these services under the HHS draft regulations?

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America's Next Top Misinformed Teenager

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

July 11, 2008 - 8:00am

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Two new television shows warn against teen pregnancy, but don't explain how teens can prevent it.

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Public Citizen Wants to Ban the Ortho-Evra Patch

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

May 12, 2008 - 1:24pm

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Remember Ralph Nader? The group he founded, Public Citizen, wants the patch taken off the market, claiming it's too dangerous for use.

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