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 Calif. Buffalo Go on 
 Birth Control  

State thins Santa Catalina Island herd humanely

Nov 20, 09 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Southern California's only herd of wild buffalo has been put on birth control. A conservation authority seeking to protect unique plant life on Santa Catalina Island, where buffalo have roamed since 14 of them were shipped out for a silent film in 1925, has been corralling the animals and injecting... More »

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contraception • California • conservation • birth control • wildlife • Santa Catalina • buffalo • Catalina buffalo

 Save the Planet:  
 Use a Condom 

Studies point to environmental toll of each kid

Sep 15, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - You’ve got your hybrid, your low-watt bulbs, and your solar panels: what’s the next step to saving the planet? Try a pack of condoms. New studies point to the hefty environmental toll of each child, particularly in America, the Washington Post reports. Every kid born in the US... More »

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climate change • environment • parenting • study • children • birth control • research • population control • carbon emissions

 Petitioners to CVS: 
 Free the Condoms! 

Cites particular concern in poor and minority areas

Jul 13, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A labor coalition is sponsoring a petition calling on CVS to stop locking up condoms, the Kansas City Star reports. More than 200 groups across the country have signed the appeal to stop the practice, which the mega-chain says is an anti-shoplifting measure but critics say scares off would-be shoppers.... More »

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contraception • HIV • public health • birth control • condom • CVS • poverty rate • minorities • petition • sexually transmitted diseases

(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) - Bristol Palin's campaign to preach birth control with a baby at home again proves what Meghan McCain has always known: Republicans don't "get" sex. "God forbid anyone talk realistically about life experiences and natural, sexual instincts. Nope, the answer is always abstinence," she writes in her Daily... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • birth control • birth control pill • abstinence • Meghan McCain • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • sexual abstinence

 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

(Newser) - The devastation is still raw from the earthquake that snuffed out thousands of young lives in rural China a year ago, reports the Los Angeles Times, but many grieving parents have found new hope in the form of another baby. More than 10% of new mothers in one Sichuan Province... More »

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China • birth control • birth rate • population control • Sichuan province • China earthquake • one-child policy

(AP) - The Food and Drug Administration will allow 17-year-olds to get the "morning-after" birth control pill without a doctor's prescription. The agency said today it would not appeal a federal judge's recent order overturning restrictions imposed during the Bush administration. The judge had ruled that Bush appointees let politics, not... More »

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Bush administration • abortion • FDA • birth control • Plan B • teen pregnancy • morning after pill • abortion pill

FDA Slaps
Birth Control Giant Over Deceptive Ads

Bayer ordered to air clarifying spots for Yaz

Feb 11, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Bayer Pharmaceuticals has just launched a $20 million ad campaign for Yaz, the country's most widely used birth control pill. But the ads aren't promoting the drug; rather, they're clarifying earlier commercials that seemed to say Yaz prevented acne and mood swings. As the New York Times reports, the FDA ... More »

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FDA • advertising • birth control • Bayer Pharmaceuticals • Bayer

 'Pregnancy Pact'
 HS to Offer
 Birth Control 

School where 17 teens got pregnant last year OKs birth control plan

Oct 9, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Massachusetts high school where 17 teens got pregnant last year presumably as part of a "pregnancy pact" has decided to distribute birth control pills and condoms to students, the Boston Globe reports. A school official said birth control would only be available with parental consent, adding that he... More »

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high school • birth control • Gloucester • birth control pill • teen pregnancy

Teen Abortion Rate Drops; Not So With Adults

Economic factors put 20-somethings at risk, study finds

Sep 23, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - US teenagers are having fewer abortions than ever before, but their adult counterparts can’t say the same, Newsweek reports. According to a new, nonpartisan study, teen abortions have fallen almost 30% over the past 30 years, as millions of dollars were pumped into sex-education programs. But women aged 20-29... More »

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abortion • health care costs • sex education • birth control • demographics

New Gizmos Wage War on Sperm Flow

Devices zap testes, block sperm—one by remote control

Sep 20, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoms may be reliable, but they’re so last century, prompting scientists to develop a new arsenal of high-tech male contraceptives, the London Times reports. One device, the tiny “fertility control micro-valve,” is injected into a duct to let men control sperm flow using a remote-controlled key fob,... More »

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contraception • fertility • sperm • men • birth control • vasectomy

 Vasectomy Is
 Young Man's Pill 

More under-40s opt for the liberating procedure

Jul 15, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once exclusive to the over-40 crowd, vasectomies are increasingly popular among young men who want condom-free sex and no fears of Daddydom. But there's also a control component, writes Richard Morgan in Details: These men are taking charge of birth control, not leaving it up to the woman. "I... More »

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contraception • pregnancy • sex • birth control • condom • birth control pill • vasectomy

Mac Speechless on Fiorina Birth Control Slip

Can't say how he thinks insurers should handle contraceptives

Jul 10, 08 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A full day after the blogosphere was lit up over Carly Fiorina’s decidedly un-conservative suggestion that health insurers should cover birth control, John McCain still had no comment when asked about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. And a decidedly awkward no-comment, at that:
  • McCain: “I certainly
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John McCain • health insurance • birth control • Carly Fiorina

Analysis

 Ex-HP Chief a Risky VP Choice 

But prominent McCain adviser has clear ambitions

Jul 9, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carly Fiorina sparked stunned silence when talking over breakfast yesterday about the unfairness of health insurance plans that cover Viagra, but not birth control. “These women would like a choice,” she said, despite the fact that her nominee, John McCain, voted against a proposal to mandate coverage. Dana... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • birth control • Viagra • vice president • Carly Fiorina • vice presidential sweepstakes

Mayor: No
Proof of Teen Pregnancy Pact

Glouester staff, families doubt explanation for baby boom

Jun 23, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mayor of Gloucester says there’s no proof that teenage girls in the Massachusetts town made a pact to have babies together, the AP reports. The principal of Gloucester High School, where a bizarre spate of 17 girls got pregnant this year, was quoted in Time saying the girls... More »

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contraception • pregnancy • weird • birth control • Catholic • social conservatives • teen pregnancy

 17 High School
 Teens Pregnant
 After Secret Pact 

High fives over positive tests spark Mass. birth control battle

Jun 20, 08 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pact among teenage girls to get pregnant has resulted in 17 pregnancies at a single Massachusetts high school—and sparked a debate in the conservative Catholic fishing town about birth control and available career options, reports Time magazine. Officials began to get wise to the secret pact when... More »

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contraception • pregnancy • weird • birth control • Catholic • social conservatives • teen pregnancy

With 16K Condoms, Antarctic Base Ready for Winter 

Polar base all set for lights out

Jun 11, 08 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McMurdo Antarctic station got a vital shipment last month just before the southern winter descended—a year's supply of condoms. Some 16,500 condoms were delivered to the base's 125 staff. Supply flights won't resume until after the sun rises again in August, when the polar station's population begins... More »

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birth control • condom • Antarctica • winter • polar region

Teen Sex Rate Stops Dropping

Condom use also levels off, reviving debate about abstinence sex ed

Jun 5, 08 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A decade-long drop in the teen sex rate leveled off between 2001-2007 and it may now be slowly rising again, the Washington Post reports. The government survey of thousands of high school students also found that an increase in condom use flattened out in 2003. The numbers have alarmed public... More »

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birth control • condom • abstinence education • abstinence • teen pregnancy • teen sex • teenager

Canadian Town Split on Bear Birth Control

'Garbage bear'
takes her cubs
downtown for dinner

May 1, 08 2:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Plans to put a British Columbia bear on birth control have stirred up controversy in Whistler, reports the Victoria Times-Colonist. The wild bear, known as Jeanie, is a local celebrity who's been featured in a BBC documentary, but authorities say she is putting her life in danger by coming... More »

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Canada • birth control • British Columbia • animal • bear

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