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Locals React to FDA Decision on Emergency Contraception Sales
Channel 2 NewsThe Food and Drug Administration's approval of over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraception "morning-after pill" sparked debate in Alaska Wednesday. The FDA's Tuesday decision allows the "morning-after pill" Plan B to be sold to women and...Tags: Judges, Food and Drug Administration, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Social Issues
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Male Birth Control Pill in Experimental Phase
Channel 2 NewsScientists are discovering compounds meant to block a cancer-causing gene may cause infertility in males. While testing male mice, they become infertile by producing far fewer and less mobile sperm. This finding could result in the creation of a birth...Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Planned Parenthood, Health Treatments, Family Planning, Infertility
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Judges, Food and Drug Administration, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Parent questions birth control query
Dear Amy: My daughter, who is almost 12 years old, visited a hospital a couple of months ago, and a nurse asked her if she uses birth control. Is this is an appropriate question to ask a not-quite 12-year-old girl? I feel that it is the kind of question...
Tags: Social Media, Drugs and Medicines, Health Treatments, Media Industry, Family Planning
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LETTER: Plan B Puts No One at Risk
Regarding "Plan B Decision Praised, Criticized [May 2, CTNow]: Peter Wolfgang's views presented within are misguided and misleading. As a nursing student and contraception advocate, I want to offer some background Mr. Wolfgang left out. Plan B is a...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diabetes, Plan B (drug), Health Treatments, Family Planning
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Subject for debate: OTC Plan B for all
Change of Subject"Plan B," the morning-after contraceptive, is reportedly as safe as aspirin, even when taken by adolescents. Aduilts can buy it over the counter, but I say let everyone buy it who wants it or needs it. In an ideal world,...... -
Getting to responsible sexual health education
As Illinois lawmakers prepare to vote on comprehensive sex education for Illinois' youth (House Bill 2675), they should consider the experience of a young woman who was victimized twice — once by a rapist and again by the inaccurate, ideologically...
Tags: Education, Diseases and Illnesses, Sexual Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Treatments
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Community notes Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Births A daughter Lillian Dale Baynham, was born to Adam and Katy Baynham of Petoskey at 4:29 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Lillian weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long at birth. She has a...
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Doctoring in a family way
Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Culture, Drugs and Medicines, General Practitioners, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Editorial: Abortion in a 'house of horrors'
For anyone who thinks abortion should not be legal, Dr. Kermit Gosnell's Philadelphia clinic was a nightmare almost beyond imagination — dirty and vile-smelling, with bloodstained furniture, unsterilized equipment and containers filled with the body...Tags: Kermit Gosnell, Abortion, Trials, Hospitals and Clinics, Dismemberment
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US government files appeal to delay unrestricted sales of morning-after contraceptive pill
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. The legal paperwork asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Trials
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Community notes Monday, May 13
Birth A daughter, Iris Evangeline Newville, was born to Devon Haviland and Bruce Newville of Petoskey at 1:04 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Iris weighed 8 pounds, 4.3 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long at birth....
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