Judge rules pharmacists can refuse to sell emergency contraception
In yet another victory for “religious conscience” at the expense of women’s health, a federal judge struck down Washington State’s law requiring pharmacies to stock emergency contraception. The AP...
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Are pharmacists lying to teens about emergency contraception?
Just in time for Back Up Your Birth Control day tomorrow, here’s some disturbing emergency contraception news. Young women being misinformed about emergency contraception by pharmacists is, sadly, not...
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Plan B comes to some New York City Public Schools
New York City’s Department of Education is launching a pilot program making the morning after pill available to high school aged girls. The CATCH (Connecting Adolescents To Comprehensive Health)...
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OB/GYNs call for the pill to be available over-the-counter
This could be a game-changer, right? The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has recommended that oral contraceptives should be available without a prescription. Cost, access, and...
View ArticleAge restrictions on emergency contraception access are unacceptable
Feministing co-founder Jessica Valenti has a well written and compelling piece in the Nation today on the FDA’s decision to make emergency contraception, or the morning after pill, available over the...
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Weekly Feminist GIF
WHEN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FIGHTS A COURT RULING THAT THE FDA MUST MAKE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER TO ALL WOMEN Related: Age restrictions on emergency contraception access...
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Autostraddle takes on misogyny within butch communities. Feminists aren’t the ones who think all men are rapists. Rapists are. An open letter to Eve Ensler. 17-year-old girl wins hackathon. Angela...
View ArticleIn NYC? Join tonight’s flashmob to demand EC access!
Tonight, reproductive justice advocates in New York City will join together in a flashmob to demand over-the-counter emergency contraception for people of all ages. As Feminsting has written about...
View ArticleBreaking: Appeals court allows over the counter access to some but not all...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today granted the Obama administration a stay on access to one-pill forms of emergency contraception. But the court also ruled that two-pill variants should be...
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Women and unions at the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. Silence is a woman. The Lambda Literary Award winners have been announced. A high school valedictorian called out her school on its...
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Poor women of color receive more counseling for emergency contraception
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report showing that black, Latina and low-income women are more likely to receive counseling for emergency contraception. According to this...
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Native women gain better access to emergency contraception–but still not enough
While women of color may receive more counseling on emergency contraception, they certainly don’t always have access to it when they do need it. From the age restrictions that were finally lifted after...
View ArticleCan you access Plan B?
Emergency contraception is now legally available over the counter, but as we have reported previously, there are still barriers to accessing Plan B, including pharmacies that still keep the product...
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Big pharma’s latest secret: the morning after pill may not work if you weigh...
The morning after pill may be less effective on women who weigh 165 pounds or more; it may be totally ineffective on women who weigh 176 pounds or more; in Europe, the morning after pill is not...
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You go, Ellen Page. The Michael Dunn trial will expose disturbing (and sadly unsurprising) truth about America. “Valentine’s Day is a holiday based on fears…can technology make long-term monogamy any...
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FDA makes generic versions of emergency contraception available over the counter
You should see these generic versions of EC on drugstore shelves soon. (Images via.) Good news: The slow–and often infuriating–expansion of access to emergency contraception took another step forward...
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Senators introduce bill to expand access to emergency contraception for rape...
Democratic senators have introduced a new bill to raise awareness about emergency contraception and make it available to rape survivors at federally funded hospitals. The Emergency Contraception...
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Half-price emergency contraception can be ordered online if you think ahead
A new health care company called Syzygy sells emergency contraception online for $25 including shipping–which is about half the cost of EC sold at a pharmacy. Eliminating the middleman and shipping...
View ArticleDaily Feminist Cheat Sheet
Emergency contraception is not an “abortifacient.” NYT editorial board: Notifying the government of a refusal to provide birth-control coverage is not a substantial burden on religion. If you care...
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