contraception issues

So, there's this thing called The World Congress of Families going on. A big part of their agenda is promoting what they call "The Natural Family" which, among other things, means stamping out homosexuality and women wanting to do anything but be baby factories...

Tell me about it. There were 1100 pieces of gun control legislation in 2011 alone. Oh wait, that was legislation to restrict women's access to abortion and contraception. Bad example. Never mind.

He's supposed to be a Libertarian. This would seem to imply no government interference such issues as reproductive choice and availability of birth control technology. However, according to Wikipedia, he's strongly pro-life. At the same time, he favors stem cell research. So, how does he...

This kind of stuff seems to be the main thing that Republicans are focused on these days, whether it's defunding Planned Parenthood or putting up hurdles between women and their contraceptives. The morning-after pill is an over-the-counter emergency contraceptive. Proposed Law Assumes Women...

Religious freedom and contraception I am trying to make sense of the idea that requiring employers to provide contraception violates the first amendment. Does the reasoning go something like this: The employers money might support an action the employer finds morally objectionable on...

Rush Limbaugh has gone on a tirade against Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke, calling her a slut, a prostitute and a feminazi, and demanding that she post videos of herself having sex online. Fluke testified in favor of a mandate for insurance companies to cover contraceptive...

You had to expect that the Santorum surge in the GOP primary race would fade some time, just as did all its predecessors. But, this birth control kerfuffle, which has got most Americans gobsmacked that this is even controversial, is going to sink Santorum faster 'n an Italian cruise ship...

The title of this thread is rendered in quotes because I've heard said thus many times by evangelical Christians. Along with this bit dogma is another: "There are no accidents." The ideas that God doesn't make mistakes and that there are no accidents are often used to attack not only abortion...

http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/08/obama-endorses-move-to-keep-age-restrictions-on-morning-after-pill/ Political pandering. Kathleen Sebelius, the (Catholic) Secretary of Health and Human Services has overruled the FDA's recommendation that plan B be available to women of all ages...

My ex-governor, Mike Leavitt, is still trying to get his Physician Conscience bill through congress. Basically this law will allow anyone in the medical services to choose not to hand over a morning after pill, or even to perform a sterilization procedure, simply because of their "conscience"...

An interesting question arose on a blog I was reading regarding a pharmacist not dispensing birth control because of their religious beliefs. The blogger said: "How about as an atheist or non christian your caregiver declines to contact your priest for last rites because it doesn’t jive with...

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=2E23B644278100DDAB0F32D60FC1D078 Or rather, shocking to no one but those currently setting U.S. policy.

On Wednesday, Bush appointed Claude Allen as his new domestic policy advisor. This man's track record speaks volumes. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&cid=101&e=1&u=/po/20050108/co_po/bushappointmentangersgayhivgroups...

Saw a new bumper sticker today: Isn't it hypocritical to be in favor of abortion after you've already been born? Kind of thing that makes you just stop and go, Huh?