Did Your Parents Contracept?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Deja vu? This is a close approximation of a post I put up two weeks ago. The original was lost to a site crash moments after it was put up, but it’s a conversation I’d like to have, so I’m trying again. Four or five of you put up really interesting responses, but they were lost in the crash. My apologies!
I often wonder—do you?—what effect it has on our young people that adults often and openly discuss... READ MORE
A Bad Plan
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Thursday, April 23, 2009
Last month a federal judge in New York ordered the FDA to allow 17-year-olds access to the morning-after pill without a prescription. Yesterday, the FDA announced it would accept, not appeal, the judge’s decision.
This doesn’t mean Plan B will immediately be available for sale to minors, but if the manufacturer seeks permission to sell it to 17-year-olds, the FDA will grant it.
17-year-olds cannot... READ MORE
The Contraceptive ‘Compromise’
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Whenever the topic of “finding common ground” to end abortion comes up, it seems there is always a push for more public funding of contraceptives and sex education.
Cathy & Austin Ruse have a short piece in First Things reporting on the latest iteration of that argument…and dissecting it pretty thoroughly.
Their argument takes place in the context of American politics because it’s responding to... READ MORE
Battle Over Contraceptive Funding
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The new budget may not include funding for contraceptives after all.
Perhaps you’ve seen by now the rather incredible comments Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made during a Sunday morning interview.
The logic of what she says—providing contraception to the poor will reduce costs to state governments—is chilling, as numerous Catholic and pro-life websites have pointed out. It reflects an attitude... READ MORE
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