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NEWS ABOUT: contraceptive

contraceptive stories: 9 news summaries

Limbaugh Compares NYT Reporter to 'Jihad Guys'

Tells Times' Revkin to 'go kill yourself'

Oct 21, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh really outdid himself yesterday, comparing New York Times environmental reporter Andy Revkin to a terrorist and urging him to commit suicide. Well, that’s not entirely fair. Actually, Limbaugh compared all “militant environmentalists” to “the jihad guys,” who, in Limbaugh’s telling, “... More »

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contraception • global warming • environmentalism • Rush Limbaugh • contraceptive • right-wing media • environmentalists • Andrew Revkin

(Newser) - In this tough economy, requests for long-term contraceptives and abortions have spiked at family planning clinics, reports the Los Angeles Times. Planned Parenthood of LA County has seen its caseload jump 15% in just a year, and requests for IUDs nearly doubled in the first quarter compared to a year... More »

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reproductive rights • abortion • contraception • Planned Parenthood • birth control • contraceptive • economy • family planning • intrauterine device • IUD

(Newser) - The battle for David Souter’s seat on the Supreme Court will be a pitched fight over Roe v. Wade, Cynthia Tucker writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Here’s a suggestion for a pragmatic president with excellent political instincts and the moral capacity to see the ethical quandaries... More »

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abortion • contraception • contraceptive • US Supreme Court • David Souter • Obama administration • President Obama

 A Pill for Men, Perhaps 


May 4, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Testosterone injections can render men temporarily infertile and function as a male contraceptive, Chinese scientists say. Their tests on 1,045 healthy, fertile men were 99% successful and left only two subjects less fertile than they were before the trial. “Our study shows a male hormonal contraceptive regimen may... More »

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China • contraception • testosterone • birth control • contraceptive • medical study • male pill

 Gene May Yield 'Male Pill' 

Discovery could also help some infertile men

Apr 3, 09 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A newly identified gene that causes a type of male infertility may be the key to eventually developing a male oral contraceptive pill, the Independent reports. The gene, CATSPER1, enables sperm to wriggle through the outside of an unfertilized egg. A drug that could switch the gene on and off... More »

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contraception • egg • birth control pill • contraceptive • male fertility • infertility • infertile

US Abortions Down 25%
Since 1990 High

More women using
the Pill; both sides of debate claim victory

Jan 17, 08 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - About 1.2 million abortions were performed in the US in 2005, a 25% drop from the practice’s 1990 heyday, new data show. About 1 in 5 pregnancies ended in abortion in '05—the most recent year with data available—compared to 1 in 3 in the 1980s, the... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • pro life • pro choice • Oregon • contraceptive

Price of Pill for Students Soars

Rule change eliminates discounts at college health centers

Nov 22, 07 3:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Female students at US colleges may be cutting back on reliable contraceptives because a quirk in a federal law has made birth-control pills up to four times more expensive, health officials warn. A recent change in Medicaid regulations means drug companies no longer offer big discounts to health centers where... More »

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contraception • women's health • Planned Parenthood • sexual health • Medicaid • birth control • college • condom • contraceptive patch • birth control pill • contraceptive • health centers • colleges and universities • Abstinence Clearinghouse • Deficit Reduction Act • college student

Alternative to the Pill Has
No Side Effects

Non-hormonal patch would block protein key to conception

Oct 17, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Contraception without the nausea, headaches, mood swings, weight gain, or heart attacks? Scientists are developing a non-hormonal patch that would side-step the side effects associated with the Pill by simply blocking a protein that allows sperm to bond with egg, the Telegraph reports. But don’t get too excited—it... More »

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gene therapy • hormones • birth control • human genome • birth control pill • contraceptive

The Pill Reduces Cancer Risk

Oral contraception
is beneficial—but
only if used for less than 8 years

Sep 12, 07 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pill has a possible new side effect: preventing cancer. Women who took oral contraceptives for less than eight years have up to a 12% lower risk of developing the disease, according to a new British study, one of the largest ever conducted. The risk of developing bowel and rectal,... More »

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women's health • birth control • cancer research • birth control pill • contraceptive

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