contraception
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It’s a weird time to be an American woman — so let’s read some great writing by them
When you’re all alone with your own personal stash of internalized inadequacies, it’s nice to remember that you’re in good company.
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Reminder: Abortion is legal and you shouldn’t be paying for birth control
In this week’s Shots & Chasers, we’re giving you what you need to know about your reproductive rights now.
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Are we really still flushing condoms down the toilet?
I'm sorry -- we need to talk about this.
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What’s scarier, suburban sprawl or a shape-shifting sexually transmitted demon?
If you're as terrified of inefficient suburban development as you are of supernaturally persistent sexual ghosts, you will find "It Follows" very disturbing indeed.
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Wear your support for reproductive rights on your head — here’s how
Some Colorado lawmakers can now be found decorating themselves with IUDs to show support for a bill that would fund contraceptive access.
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Pope wants you to stop popping out babies — but don’t even think about using birth control
In the race to catch up to women of the 21st century, the Catholic Church is stuck somewhere around 1912. Cool!
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If Park Slope parents suck so bad at contraception, what hope is there for the rest of us?
In fiscal year 2012, the federal budget marked out $610 million for international family planning programs. But perhaps some of that funding needs to be directed inward, to fix the backwards bourgeois parents of Park Slope. Amy Sohn writes in the Awl: You would think people with multiple children would be responsible about contraception because […]
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A male birth control dudes might actually use
You know what doesn’t do a lot to help reduce unwanted births? Putting women in sole charge of contraception, then making it nigh-impossible for them to exercise any reproductive freedom. We could improve sex ed, affordability of birth control pills, and access to abortion — but as long as there are Republicans around, we might […]
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Easy, reversible, 100 percent effective birth control is for men only
One of the best things we can do for the planet is stop putting new humans on it, which means promoting safe and effective birth control for people who want to keep their offspring levels between zero and “get that, would you, Deirdre.” But hormonal birth control comes with side effects like weight gain, mood […]