Clinton's stand on Plan B
Perhaps the best way to make a “no”—as in not a yes decision, is, in fact, to make no decision—preventing the yes vote from ever happening.
Many are arguing that’s been the tactic of the FDA over the past two years with regard to making available over the counter the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill...referred to as “E.C.”
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It’s back on the road again for 31 year old Jill Pearson. Jill, a technology trainer, travels extensively for work, but, monthly painful periods which included crushing migraines, were making her business trips unbearable. She decided to try Seasonale, one of the newer oral contraceptives, allowing her to get a period just four times a year. “I have total control of when I get my period, you know I get to decide, do I want it this week, do I want it next week, do I want to wait another month until I have it, and it just makes me in total control,” says Jill Pearson.
Seasonale and Seasonique are two innovative contraceptive regimens offering fewer periods over the course of a year. “Women are looking for options that will allow them to have better controlled menstrual cycles so that they can have less of the PMS, be more active and not really be tied down based on what time of the month it is, says gynecologist, Dr. Nancy Roberson Jasper of Columbia University.”
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Gilian Behar is busy planning for her October wedding. Theres the gown, the catering hall, flowers and the choosing of birth control. I feel like I cant get pregnant now, says Gilian.
Gilian and her fiance, Larson, definitely want a family one day, but agree that they want to enjoy their first few newlywed years as a couple. Gilian has taken the pill, which contains the hormones estrogen and progesterone, for 15 years. I have no idea what the pill is doing to my body and I wonder if it is going to be a problem when we do decide to start a family, if its going to be difficult for me to get pregnant, says Gilian.
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The debate in state legislatures on teenage contraception centers around one question- should parents be notified if their daughters go to a family planning clinic for contraception or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease?
New research helps shed light on the impact such a law might have. In 2001, more than 900,000 female minors obtained family planning services at federally funded clinics.
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It’s one of the most controversial medical issues: the use of the morning after pill as en emergency contraception method to prevent pregnancy. There is significant opposition to the drug treatment designed as an emergency contraception method, to stop an unintended pregnancy in its tracks.
Now, new research puts the kibosh to one opposing argument which many have used: that emergency contraception will promote unprotected sex, and thus increase the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
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RAPE AND TEEN GIRLS
New research finds troubling statistics of how often sexual coercion and rape occurs in girls living in urban areas. Worryingly statistics show that many cases of sexual violence that occur are incidents of dating violence.
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Depro Provera is a birth control injection that a woman get every 3 months. It consists of a synthetic form of the female hormone progesterone.
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Can high levels of stress increase the risk of having painful periods? New research by Chicago researchers says it can.
Jessica Lindstrom is 27 years old, and although she’s totally healthy, sometimes her body turns on her at the time of the month. Her periods are agonizing. “I have intense lower back pain, nausea, and stomach irritation. There’s also pain when tightening the lower abdomen,” says Jessica.
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Many women are looking at permanent birth control methods that do not entail intensive surgical procedures. 35 year old Laura Katz is the proud mother of three children and she wants it to remain that way. “I’m so done having kids. I’m at my max. I could not deal with any more kids.”
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Clinton's stand on Plan B
