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IUDs Now A-OK?

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

July 30, 2009 - 5:05pm

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I’ve been looking for a new form of birth control for a while. The pill
never really interested me—I was on it for nearly a year in high
school, but the side effects, along with actually remembering to take
it—made it more difficult than helpful.


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A DeMinted Attack on College Women

By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

March 6, 2009 - 6:08pm

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Anti-contraception Senator Jim DeMint moved this week to increase birth control prices as much as 900% for college women.

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DeMint Calls No-Cost Birth Control Pricing Fix an "Earmark"

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

March 4, 2009 - 3:13pm

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How can a technical fix in legislation that costs the federal government nothing be smeared as an "earmark?" When it will restore three million low-income and college women's ability to access affordable birth control.

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Birth Control Relief for Low-Income, College Women

By Nonie Wainwright

March 3, 2009 - 9:00am

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The 2009 omnibus appropriations bill has a little-noticed provision will restore access to affordable birth control for nearly four million college students and low-income women.

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As Condom Sales Rise, Media Ponders Recession Sex

By Joe Veix, RH Reality Check

February 20, 2009 - 1:43pm

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With the recession getting worse, and condom sales on the rise, media outlets are weighing in on whether or not this will result in more sex.


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Birth Control Pricing Fix Introduced in the House

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

January 12, 2009 - 7:19pm

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On Friday, Rep. Joseph Crowley re-introduced the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act, which will provide a no-cost fix to restore college and community health centers' eligibility to buy low-cost birth control.

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Roundup: Dems Will Unite, Swizzle Sticks and Celebrating Midwives

By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

May 8, 2008 - 10:06am

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Dems will unite around women, McCain on the Daily Show, TV workplace harassment, rising BC prices and debunking ALL.

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Who Cares?

By Dawna Cornelissen, RH Reality Check

January 11, 2008 - 10:06am

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Since issues and concerns that are important to unmarried women are often marginalized by legislators, it is no surprise that Congress recessed last month without fixing the birth control crisis.


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Birth Control Prices and the 08 Election

By Holly Kennedy, Choice USA

December 20, 2007 - 9:35am

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Who among the crowded field of presidential candidates, both Democratic and Republican, will do the most to address the rising cost of hormonal birth control on college campuses?


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The Missing Piece of the Puzzle

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

December 19, 2007 - 10:19am

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An increasing amount of attention is being paid to rising birth control prices at college health centers, but one big piece of the puzzle has gotten minimal coverage: the part where the 100-400% price increases also affect 400 community health centers that primarily serve the poor.


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