Archive for Birth Control
The Supreme Court will weigh in on contraceptive coverage under the nation's health care law this term, agreeing to hear a case involving the Obamacare rule requiring large companies to help pay for their employees' birth control. The high court will review whether the Trump administration was on solid ground when it gave religious employers and universities broader religious and moral exemptions to the Obamacare contraception mandate, which requires health care plans to offer free birth control
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
The Little Sisters of the Poor are back in court litigating the birth control mandate of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which the sisters claim forces them to act contrary to their faith. Seen as one of the signature achievements of the Obama administration, the ACA, also known as Obamacare, requires most employers to provide free birth control coverage to their employees through their health insurance plans
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Sarah Pflug/Burst As a mother to three teenagers, I know my kids arent going to come to me with every single thing that is happening in their lives. I can only hope that the hundreds of times Ive told them they are the most important thing to me, and that they can confide in me, they have heard me. I also remind them there is no issue that is off limits between us, hoping it will sink in.
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Your friend from work swears that she figured out why she suddenly packed on four extra pounds last month: She started a new type of birth control pill. This is a story youve heard beforewe know, we have toobut lets put it to rest once and for all
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
New research provides more evidence that hormonal birth control pills can negatively impact womens cognitive performance. The study, published in the journal Hormones and Behavior, found that women taking contraceptive pills tend to have reduced perseverance when completing both simple and complex cognitive tasks.
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
MERIDIAN A team of Idaho State University physician assistant students and staff are making a difference in the Dominican Republic. Jared Papa, clinical assistant professor at ISU, and a local dentist discussed partnering together, as well as with the G3 Foundation an international non-profit organization dedicated to treating dental disease within indigent populations to make a trip possible. Papa, other faculty, and six PA students travel to the Dominican Republic each year to provide much needed medical care to patients of all ages, in cooperation with local clinicians, dentists and other medical professionals
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Adam Young ThursdayJan23,2020at9:31AM 25 years ago: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department sued California, Pennsylvania and Illinois on Monday, contending they violated a new federal law that seeks to simplify voter registration.
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Two days in January, just one day apart, mark historic national events which echo across America both have made their way to Moscow. The Womens March was born on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after President Trumps inauguration
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
For decades women have mostly shouldered the burden when it comes to birth control.
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
[Read about the events that our other critics have chosen for the week ahead.] THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALVIN BALTROP at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (through Feb. 9).
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
RICHMOND Virginia Democrats have advanced legislation to the floors of the House of Delegates and Senate that would dismantle abortion restrictions Republicans put in place over the past two decades. Loosening abortion restrictions was among top agenda items for newly empowered Democrats, who have control of both state chambers and the executive branch for the first time in 26 years.
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
"We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth," said climate activist andTime magazine person-of-the-year Greta Thunberg before the United Nations in the summer of 2019. "How dare you!" Some praised Thunberg's performance as a stinging rebuke to the rich and powerful for failing to put the survival of the planet above their own needs
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Mayor to launch ward council campaign After more than 50 years, Haverhill's traditional form of city government could be dissolving come November this according to Mayor James Fiorentini, who has hinted at his plan for a new let the people vote campaign in support of ward council representation. During his inaugural address from City Hall after taking his historic ninth oath of office, Fiorentini voiced his support for a shift from the current model of government, a nine-member City Council, to a mix of district and at-large councilors. It's important that every neighborhood has a seat at the table, Fiorentini told the crowd.
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Posted on January 24, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Saundra Pelletier, Chief Executive Office of Evofem Biosciences, described how a brand new, objective audience of women reacted upon learning about Amphora.
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Legislation explicitly stating that the use of FDA approved birth control will not be considered abortion under state code cleared a House of Delegates committee on health care for the first time on a party-line vote, with Republican members opposing.
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Abortion advertisement from 1841, courtesy of The Library Company of Philadelphia Perhaps the most notorious target of these bans was a New York woman who went by the assumed title of Madame Restell.
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Youve done it! Youve taken that last birth control pill, removed your IUD, or stopped using your contraceptive method of choice. Youve made the decision to try to conceive a pregnancy, and while this is an exciting time in your life, it can also feel overwhelming. There is so much advice around fertility and pregnancy, and sifting through it all just isnt possible
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
The Trump administration has fought to expand the types of entities that can refuse to cover workers' birth control for moral or religious reasons.
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
The Washington Senate approved a bill Wednesday requiring every public school to provide comprehensive sex education. Senate Bill 5395 was approved 28-21 in a largely party-line vote in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Whenever I do a scan of my personal 8 Dimensions of Wellness, economic health is consistently one that I feel ambivalent about. Considering our definition, The ability to meet financial needs and adapt to unanticipated financial situations, gives me pause.
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
In a move that Planned Parenthood says is an aim to increase access to high quality reproductive health care, five affiliates in New York state including one that operates Ithacas local branch have merged to become Planned Parenthood of Greater New York. These affiliates are Nassau County, Mohawk-Hudson, Mid Hudson Valley, New York City and Southern Finger Lakes. While the merger was announced in a May 15 press release, PPGNY officially launched Jan
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
On Monday, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, a candidate for governor, told a group of black ministers that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger created the organization to destroy the entire black race. The Cumberland County GOP shared the video on its Facebook page. Theres no doubt that, when Planned Parenthood was created, it was created to destroy the entire black race,he said.
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Three professors in the Milken Institute School of Public Health are working to develop family planning techniques for adolescent women in Bangladesh and Tanzania. Three global health professors Sarah Baird, Wolfgang Munar and Jennifer Muz will partner with nonprofit childrens advocacy group Save the Children on the CONNECT project, which aims to increase access to family planning resources in developing countries
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
In news that will come as music to the ears of many women, scientists have developed a male birth control gel - and theyre looking for volunteers to test it out.
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
Kathi Aultman, Opinion contributor Published 4:00 a.m. ET Jan.
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Posted on January 23, 2020 | Filed under Birth Control | Permalink
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