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FDA Approves Generic Version of Plan B As Problems Remain for Young Women’s Access
Last week, the FDA approved the first generic emergency contraception pill, known as levonorgestrel. The drug will be available to women ages 17 and older beginning Aug. 24, 2009, when Plan B’s over-the-counter patent protection expires. This news marks considerable...
Utah Bill Would Give Students Option for Comprehensive Sex Education
A new bill proposed in the Utah House of Representatives would create two types of sex education, abstinence-only and comprehensive, and let parents choose which class their child would take. The first class would advocate abstinence until marriage and talk about...
Teen Contraception Use Declining, Birth Rate Increases According to Study
Despite years of improved contraception use and declining pregnancy and birth rates amongst teens, a joint study (PDF) by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Guttmacher Institute reports that these trends may have stalled or, in some cases,...
Cyber-stalking in the Internet (and Cell Phone, and GPS, and Digital Camera…) Age
In an age where optimism is hurriedly attaining an obsolete status amidst the ruins of the economy and the travesty of the health care system, technology—at least—provides a private escape into wonderment. On a daily basis, the accomplishments of technology supply a...
Girls like math too…
The term “gender gap” has become such an insurmountable cliché that even when unused, the phrase hangs loftily over any piece of news announcing the disparity of the sexes. Mentioned in reference to the unequal treatment of men and women in the workplace, at home, and...
