Celebrating Birth Control on Mother’s Day? Not as Counterintuitive as It Sounds
May 11, 2012 by Chloe Bird · 11 Comments
On Mother’s Day, we honor the women in our lives for all they do–meal planning, financial planning and family planning, to name a few. Regrettably, the latter task is going to cost mothers ...Read More
Speaking Out for Women with Dense Breast Tissue
April 2, 2012 by Elizabeth Limbach · 9 Comments
The fate of early breast cancer detection in California may hinge on two sentences currently being negotiated at the state’s capital. The sentences are at the crux of Senate Bill 1538, introduced ...Read More
Doctor’s Advice vs. State Rape (There’s a Difference)
March 21, 2012 by Colleen Crinion · 2 Comments
Across the United States, anti-choice bills are rising like a tide of vitriolic chauvinism, threatening to sweep away a woman’s right to choose–and take legitimate reproductive medicine down ...Read More
Support Global Access to Birth Control, Y’all!
March 8, 2012 by Jessica Mack · Leave a Comment
Hey y’all, if you support Planned Parenthood, access to birth control, the pursuit of a healthy and fulfilled life or Friday Night Lights, you will love this new video campaign (narrated by ...Read More
Who Has More Rights, A Woman Or Her Egg?
March 2, 2012 by Susan Rubin · 2 Comments
If any of the personhood initiatives at play in as many as 11 states this year pass, a fertilized egg would be granted full Constitutional rights. But the woman whose body contains that egg might ...Read More
From an Eating Disorder’s Half-life to Your Full Life
What happens to people with anorexia or bulimia who don’t get treatment–or who don’t get enough of the right treatment? This is an important question because, according to the National ...Read More
Just How Safe is Yaz? Women Need to Know!
February 9, 2012 by Holly Grigg-Spall · 7 Comments
The oral contraceptive Yasmin was released in 2001 by the pharmaceutical company Bayer, followed by Yaz in 2006. They differ from other birth control pills in the synthetic progesterone they utilize, drospirenone, ...Read More
Hatred Does Not Equal Health
February 8, 2012 by Kimberly Dark · 22 Comments
“I stand for a life free of shame for all little girls.” “I stand for happy, healthy children–no matter their size.” “I stand against social stigma and the right to be happy just ...Read More
Advice for Komen: Try Pink and Purple Ribbons
February 7, 2012 by Ben Atherton-Zeman · 7 Comments
The Susan G. Komen Foundation lost support from donors last week after the organization announced that it would cut funding to Planned Parenthood. Its apology on Friday was lauded by some, but viewed ...Read More
Just Another Business Decision for Komen
February 1, 2012 by Lori Baralt · 11 Comments
In the midst of the many attacks against Planned Parenthood and abortion rights over the past year, the news that Komen for the Cure was halting future funding of breast cancer screening and breast ...Read More
