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New study shows millions of women rely on birth control pills for...
Pic by Ceridwn, via Wikimedia Commons A new study from the Guttmacher Institute find that 14 percent of birth control pill users take the pill for non-contraceptive purposes. According to the study...
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St. Pete priest threatens to cancel health insurance for employees because of...
Pic by Ceridwn, via Wikimedia Commons A Catholic priest in St. Petersburg is threatening to cut health insurance benefits from employees as a form of “civil disobedience” to challenge a recent decision...
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NOW asks Obama to ‘not give in to demands’ from bishops on birth control
President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One (Pic by The White House, via Flickr) The National Organization for Women (NOW), the largest organization of feminist activists in the U.S., has joined...
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Florida teen pregnancy task force says abstinence-only sex education is not...
Pic via arcc-cdac.ca Last month, the Northeast Florida Teen Pregnancy Task Force released a report outlining recommendations for dealing with the region’s persistent teen pregnancy problem. The report...
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Guttmacher: 2011 saw record number of state-level anti-abortion measures
A round-up report for 2011 found that last year was one of the worst for reproductive health and reproductive rights across the country. The Guttmacher Institute reports that a record-setting “1,100...
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Health secretary disputes claims that birth control decision disrespects...
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Pic by US Mission Geneva, via Flickr) In an op-ed printed in USA Today yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius takes on...
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White House may be wavering on birth control decision
President Barack Obama (Pic by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien, via Wikimedia Commons) The New York Times reported yesterday that the Obama administration might compromise with...
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Mother Jones: Rubio’s bill ‘could cut off birth control coverage for millions’
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. (Pic via Facebook) Mother Jones reports that Sen. Marco Rubio’s legislative response to a federal decision requiring health insurers to cover contraception as a preventive...
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Report: Number of states hostile to abortion rights growing
Guttmacher Institute, Winter 2012, Volume 15, Number 1 A new report from the Guttmacher Institute shows that, in the past decade, a substantial number of states (including Florida) have shifted from...
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Guttmacher: Medicaid has increased state spending on family planning
(Pic via http://arcc-cdac.ca/) A new report released by the Guttmacher Institute has found that Medicaid programs across the country have helped to greatly increase the amount of money states spend on...
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