Just weeks after Pope Benedict XVI denounced government-backed contraception in a visit to Brazil, the president unveiled a program Monday to provide cheap birth control pills at 10,000 drug stores across the country.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the plan will give poor Brazilians “the same right that the wealthy have to plan the […]
BEIJING, MAY 24, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Dozens of people in China have been arrested on charges of instigating protests against birth-control measures, a news agency said.
In seven towns in Bobai County, in the Guangxi region, angry protests broke out because of excessive fines and alleged violence against those not in conformity with China’s one-child policy, reported […]
Imagine having no menstrual cycle, just by taking a pill. It’s now a reality that will soon be at a doctor’s office near you. It may sound great to some women, but others, like Indiana mom, Stacey Kramer, think taking Lybrel will just cause more problems later in life. ” I wouldn’t take it just […]
TRENTON, N.J. — Women looking for a simple way to avoid their menstrual period could soon have access the first birth control pill designed to let women suppress monthly bleeding indefinitely.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expect to announce approval Tuesday for Lybrel, a drug from Wyeth which would be the first pill to […]
With their caustic droppings all over the city, pigeons both cause health concerns and etch the surfaces of historically important buildings. But poisoning our feathered friends is sooo not the answer.
Now, a California company has come up with a more palatable solution: pigeon birth control.
Innolytics L.L.C. has received permission from the Environmental Protection Agency to […]
BANFF, Alta. - Despite efforts to curb the number of elk around the Town of Banff, the animal’s presence is on the rise again, prompting Parks Canada officials to consider killing some elk and testing birth control drugs to keep the population in check.
The measures are expected to stir heated debate in one of Canada’s […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure® procedure, the first and only non-incisional permanent birth control method available, today announced that Mark Sieczkarek, president and chief executive officer, will present at the 6th Annual JMP Securities Research Conference on Tuesday, May 22, at 1:00 p.m. PT. The conference will be held at […]
ZHEJIANG Province has vowed to make its senior officials responsible for enforcing China’s family planning policy as the country steps up efforts to prevent a population rebound.
Government officials and those responsible for birth control at all government levels will be denied any promotion for two consecutive years, if their departmental members have violated the birth […]