Tag Archives: emergency contraception
Breaking: Sebelius overrules FDA decision on emergency contraception
TweetYou have got to be kidding me: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the scientists at the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday and refused to allow emergency contraceptives to be sold as freely as aspirin, setting up just the kind of clash between politics and science that President Obama had promised to [...]
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Breaking: FDA may approve EC to be sold on drugstore shelves
TweetVia our very own Jessica Valenti comes the news that the Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce tomorrow that it will approve making Plan B (the brand name for emergency contraception or the morning after pill) available for purchase on drugstore shelves. I think I join a lot of my colleagues in the [...]
Apple’s Siri is suspiciously clueless about reproductive health
TweetIt seems the iPhone’s new interactive app Siri isn’t all that helpful when it comes to women’s health. Here are the answers that a commenter at the Abortioneers got to some pretty basic questions. Q: I am pregnant and do not want to be. Where can I go to get an abortion? “I’m really sorry [...]
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It’s Back Up Your Birth Control Day! (And in Defense of The Funny)
Tweet March 30th marks the 10th anniversary of the Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Action, and there is tons of action to take to advocate for emergency contraception. Just a couple from the campaign’s website: Sign the petition calling on the FDA to end restrictions on EC. Tell the FDA to stop stalling [...]
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