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Birth Control
104 articles
Saturday, September 6, 2008
GOP ticket split over condom use
National |
September 6, 2008
Teen pregnancy and sex education were thrust into the spotlight this week when Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin revealed that her 17-year-old daughter is five months pregnant. Read more
Friday, August 22, 2008
Protecting health workers’ beliefs
National |
August 22, 2008
The Bush administration Thursday announced plans to implement a controversial regulation designed to protect antiabortion healthcare workers from being required to deliver services against their personal beliefs. Read more
Friday, December 28, 2007
Employing birth control to tame urban wildlife
California | Local |
December 28, 2007
There were too many squirrels in Santa Monica and too many pigeons
in Hollywood. Read more
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Maine middle school allowed to provide birth control pills
National |
October 18, 2007
The school board approved a proposal Wednesday for pupils at a
city middle school to be able to get birth control pills and patches
at their student health center. Read more
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
No new church-group rights
National |
October 2, 2007
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to expand the rights of church
groups, turning down appeals in a pair of cases. Read more
Friday, September 28, 2007
Nation in Brief / CONNECTICUT - Catholic bishops OK Plan B for rape
National |
September 28, 2007
Roman Catholic bishops have agreed to let hospital personnel
provide emergency contraception to all rape victims, church officials
said in Hartford. Read more
Friday, June 22, 2007
Bush defied on birth control
National |
June 22, 2007
The House, seeking to reverse a linchpin of Bush administration
policy, voted Thursday to give aid to overseas groups that provide
contraceptive devices such as condoms and birth control pills. Read more
Thursday, May 24, 2007
China’s one-child policy spurs riots
World |
May 24, 2007
During a recent family planning drive, villagers say, officials
chased people down the streets and into the fields of a southern
province searching for violators of China’s one-child policy. Read more
Monday, March 5, 2007
For squirrels gone wild, city plans a turnoff
California | Local |
March 5, 2007
Afraid that a population explosion among squirrels in a city park
could pose a public health risk, Santa Monica officials are ready to
try a proven method of dealing with the problem: birth control shots. Read more
Thursday, September 21, 2006
FDA Cites Risks Linked to the Patch
National |
September 21, 2006
Women were warned Wednesday that their risk of blood clots in the
legs and lungs might be higher if they use the birth-control patch
instead of the pill. Read more
Monday, July 10, 2006
Now, a birth control bonanza
Health |
July 10, 2006
This is turning out to be a pivotal year in birth control. Read more
Monday, June 26, 2006
The birth control divide
Health |
June 26, 2006
The students were giggling, trading gossip, but they stopped when
Maria Elena Chavez dumped her stash of teaching aides on the table:
Cola-flavored condoms. Read more
Saturday, May 13, 2006
J&J Settles Suits Over Contraceptive
Business |
May 13, 2006
Johnson & Johnson has settled lawsuits with about 30 women who claim
they developed blood clots after using the company’s Ortho Evra birth
control patch, said a lawyer who negotiated the confidential agreements. Read more
Thursday, March 16, 2006
FDA Nominee Could Stumble on Issue of `Morning After’ Pill
National |
March 16, 2006
President Bush on Wednesday nominated acting Commissioner Andrew C.
von Eschenbach to permanently head the troubled Food and Drug
Administration, but a controversy involving science and sexual mores
could stall his confirmation by the Senate indefinitely. Read more
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Birth Control Patch Might Raise Clotting Risk More Than Pill
National |
February 18, 2006
Women using the increasingly popular birth control patch may face
double the risk of blood clots compared with women taking
contraceptive pills, but more investigation is needed to see whether
the preliminary findings are valid, federal regulators said Friday. Read more
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Mass. Wal-Marts Told to Sell Morning-After Pill
National |
February 15, 2006
The Massachusetts pharmacy board ordered Wal-Mart on Tuesday to stock
emergency contraception pills at its stores in the state. Read more
Friday, September 16, 2005
Veto Override Widens Access to Contraception
National |
September 16, 2005
The state Legislature voted to override the governor’s veto of a
measure that would expand access to emergency contraception by
requiring hospital emergency room doctors to offer the medication to
rape victims. Read more
Saturday, August 27, 2005
FDA Delays Ruling on ‘Morning After’ Contraceptive
National |
August 27, 2005
Federal regulators Friday balked at deciding whether to make the
“morning after” birth control pill available without a prescription,
saying that, though it is safe, proposed restrictions on teenage
girls’ access to the drug have raised legal issues. Read more
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Tuesday, April 5, 2005
Bills Target Pharmacists Who Say ‘No’
California | Local |
April 5, 2005
With drugstores now a battleground in the war over reproductive
rights, California lawmakers today will consider whether to create
the nation’s first law requiring pharmacists to fill emergency
contraception prescriptions and other medications even if they find
them immoral. Read more
