Drug companies are telling colleges the discounts are done.
For years, college students have been able to buy birth control very inexpensively.
The drug companies offered the deeply discounted contraceptives to college health services.
Colleges and universities tended to tack on a few bucks and sell them to students.
But now, due to federal cutbacks, cheap birth control is […]
Menstruation became optional this month when Lybrel, the first FDA-approved birth control pill to end monthly bleeding, began to appear on pharmacy shelves.
Although continuous contraception is nothing new, the prescription pill, if taken 365 days a year, abolishes the monthly period. In doing so, it has created a quiet moral and medical debate on the […]
Intervention” is the key term for understanding the society in which we live – increasing oversight and intervention by the state into the most basic and formative aspects of the lives of its citizens. These interventions express themselves in policies, institutions and ideology that define the modern era.
Critical aspects of state intervention affect the integrity […]
If I stay on the Pill until I conceive will it take longer to get pregnant?
A: Most probably not. A European study on oral contraceptives called the EURAS-OC study (European Active Surveillance Study on Oral Contraceptives) prospectively followed more than 2,000 women on the Pill who stopped taking it to try to conceive. The women […]
BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) — China’s birth control policy was again in the spotlight with World Population Day this week, but after almost 30 years, questions should be asked about fairness of its enforcement.
The State Population and Family Planning Commission (SPFPC) on Tuesday reiterated the government’s determination to maintain the birth […]
In the July 3 article “Abortions up in ‘06, especially among teens,” Sarah Stoesz, president of Planned Parenthood’s Minnesota chapter, states, “The allegation that promoting birth control promotes abortion is ludicrous.” I disagree.
Published: July 09, 2007
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Print this storyPrint this story
E-mail this storyE-mail this story
Save to del.icio.usSave to del.icio.us
Share on newsvineShare on newsvine
Share […]
Say goodbye to “that time of the month” and hello to “that time of the season.”
An oral contraceptive designed to give you only four menstrual periods a year instead of the usual 13 will be hitting Canadian pharmacy shelves by the end of the year.
On Thursday, Health Canada approved Seasonale, the first extended-cycle birth control […]
The FDA just approved a new birth control pill that stops a woman’s period. Are there health risks associated with suppressing the normal menstruation process?
The recent FDA approval of a continuous-use birth control pill to minimize periods did draw attention this spring. Oral contraceptives have been used for more than 40 years and are considered […]