February 2012
71 posts
“Dear Mr. Senator, my body is not your political football.”
– Mary was one of nearly 50 of our great advocates attended Lobby Day in Tallahassee yesterday to speak up for women’s rights in Florida. Read about her experience telling the Florida legislature to stop their attacks on women’s health. (via myplannedparenthood)
absolutelyayrianna asked: I live near Sarasota Fl and i heard the Planned Parenthood downtown does free pregnancy tests but there's a $10 charge for the paperwork. What kind of test would that be? Also, how much do their blood tests cost? Please&&Thank you(:
猫達: My IUD insertion →
nekotachiikimashou:
Welp, finally got my IUD today. After years of waiting, I finally don’t have to worry about birth control for the next 12 years.
My boyfriend drove me up to New Hampshire where I could get seen at the Planned Parenthood on a sliding scale. In the end the IUD cost me $3, which my boyfriend…
Glad to hear Planned Parenthood could help!
animauxmilk asked: i'm hoping one of your followers will have an answer to my question, if you don't yourselves. i recently ended my period, and a couple days after that had unprotected sex. he and i bought the plan b pill and i took it the next morning. i know it was close to my period and most people will say "oh you'll be fine yadda yadda." but conception can even happen DURING a...
Oh, What's in Here?: Lube and Sex Toys: Making the... →
lets-blog-about-sex-baby:
So you’re standing in a sex shop in front a row full of lubes. Problem is, there’s about five thousand different types of lube, and you have no idea which one is safe for your toys and right for you. BUT, have no fear. Here are some things to remember and keep in…
Anonymous asked: how old do i need to be to go by myself to planned parenthood?
Indian High Court Rules That the Decision to Abort... →
somepolitics:
In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week ruled that the right to abort a pregnancy in a marriage rests with the wife and not husband.
“A woman is not a machine in which raw material is put and a finished product comes out. She should be mentally prepared to conceive, continue the same and give birth to a child. The unwanted pregnancy would naturally...
PPMO Advocates: Don't Pick-and-Choose Our Health... →
pp-mo:
The GOP Plan to Give Your Boss “Moral” Control Over Your Health Insurance | Mother Jones
“In their latest move in the battle over contraception coverage, top Republicans in Congress are going for broke: They’re now pushing a bill that would allow employers and insurance companies to…
Anonymous asked: if i want to go to planned parenthood for an std test, and it comes back that i have something, will planned parenthood just email the prescription to treat it to my pharmacy or do i have to go back and pick it up from planned parenthood?
Anonymous asked: how much does a full std test cost & does planned parenthood accept bluecross insurance?
Do you have questions about sex and sexuality? Ask... →
sexetc:
It’s totally normal for teens to have questions about sex and sexuality. For over 18 years Sex, Etc. has given teens the honest and accurate sexual health information they want, need and deserve.
Sex, Etc. can help teens 13-19 years-old with these topics:
Your Body & Health
Sex & Relationships
STDs & Safer Sex
Birth Control & Pregnancy
LGBTQ & Gender
Sexual...
fuck yeah sex education: Further info on finding... →
fuckyeahsexeducation:
Medical student involved in abortion care here!
There was a recent question by somebody wondering if their OB was pro-choice. A thing that patients (myself included!) often forget about doctors is that, though you mostly interact with us-as-doctors, you can also interact with us-as-people.
You…
This, exactly.
pp-mo:
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Are attacks on Planned Parenthood the modern day... →
Like Sen. Joe McCarthy, these right-wing forces practice guilt by accusation, followed by guilt by association. Like McCarthy himself, they often pick targets unprepared to defend themselves, and institutions unwilling to defend their own. Like McCarthy himself, in the name of defending American principles, they seek to bring down patriotic Americans and important American institutions. And like...
Anonymous asked: I'm currently taking a low-estrogen pill. For some reason, I can't get them three months at a time like I used to, so I have to wait until I'm midway through my period week to get my next prescription, when I used to skip the "placebo" week altogether and start a new pack of pills. I get my period anyway either way, it's just more convenient to start a new pack before...
Anonymous asked: How long does/could it take for your period to regulate after you start taking the pill? I'm halfway into my second pack and still haven't had it but it is highly unlikely that I would be pregnant.
Anonymous asked: hey there guys :) I take the pill (yaz) but my period never comes until the last white pill, and lasts for about the first week I'm on my pink pills in the next pack. I was just wondering if this is normal or if I should try something else? Thanks
Anonymous asked: parenthood has helped me so much in the past and I don't know what I would do if it wasn't available to me.question: so when i went home for winter break i stupidly forgot to bring an extra pill pack and i didnt take it for two weeks. I didn't have sex during this time so i wasn't worried. but as soon as i got back to school i started my pill again and i have had sex with my...
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It’s been pointed out that a few of our Common Excuses to Not Use a Condom could be viable reasons to, in fact, not use a condom. And that’s right!
Not all partners need condoms. Birth control plans and methods of preventing the spread of STIs need to be tailored to suit the needs of the individual and the partnership.
Condoms/internal condoms/dental dams are not used for a variety...
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Common Excuses to Not Use a Condom
1. Condoms fail all the time!
Actually, when used correctly, condoms are 98% effective in preventing pregnancy (for couples in which one partner can impregnate and the other can become pregnant). They also help prevent the spread of HIV and STDs.
2. They don’t feel good / I just don’t like them.
If you didn’t like the brand of soap you used, would you automatically stop...
The Anatomy of the Clitoris →
anotherfeminist:
Until 2009, the human clitoris was an absolute mystery
Picture a clitoris in your mind. Got it? Now, what if I told you that what you’re imagining is just the tip of a much larger, internal clitoral iceberg — that the clitoris is actually much, much larger than what this sensitive bundle of nerve endings would lead you to believe?
This is such an interesting article! I had...
fuck yeah sex education: The Sex Lives of Queer... →
fuckyeahsexeducation:
Hello I’m Micole, and I’m beginning a research project, and hopefully also turn it into a documentary, on the sex lives of queer women/female bodied genderqueer people of color. It’s a short 10 question survey, please give as much detail as possible. It explores both race and gender in relation…
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National Condom Week starts on February 14th!
You can celebrate by sharing information with your friends and loved ones and encouraging safer sex practices! We will be posting condom facts all week, so stay tuned.
In the meantime share with us your condom-related stories or how you help promote NCW.
“Sex-negative messages don’t keep people from having sex. They keep people from...”
– Sex-Negative Education and the Spectre of Rape « Sex Positive Activism (via anorable)
“As a sex educator, I’ve heard my fair share of slang terms for semen: cum, jizz,...”
– Do you know what’s in a teaspoon of semen? One of our sex educators tells you all about it. Click here to find out. (via myplannedparenthood)
University of Central Florida Feminists: *ACTION,... →
fieryaffair:
prochoiceinflorida:
*ACTION, THIS TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 14TH AT NOON*
WE DO NOT STAND FOR BC REFUSAL!
As part of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, a federal rule has been mandated requiring employers to cover contraceptives under their health benefits. The Republican house majority,…
Signal boost!!!
NEW STUDY: "Birth and abortion rates among U.S....
propaganda-for-life:
kelly-butter-tarts:
solitaryforager:
The teen abortion rate in 2008 dropped to the lowest rate seen since 1972 at 17.8 per 1,000 teen girls and women, the analysis found, and was down 59 percent from 1988 when the abortion rate peaked at 43.5 per 1,000 teen women.
Catholic Church: your argument is invalid.
argument relevance is invalid, Catholic Church.
Boom.
We are the Pro-choice generation.
“The right hates Planned Parenthood because it actually does what the GOP...”
– Mike Stanfill (via oinonio)
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A Symbolic Fight in a Much Bigger Battle →
But the stakes from our politicians are bigger. Planned Parenthood provides critical services to millions of American women each year. In 2010, it provided nearly 750,000 breast exams and 770,000 Pap tests to women seeking critical cancer screening. It provided more than four million tests and treatments for STIs. It provided affordable contraception to low-income women, preventing an estimated...
URGENT: SIGN THE PETITION SUPPORTING OBAMA'S... →
prolongedeyecontact:
From an email from NARAL:
The new policy that will cover women’s birth-control coverage is under attack from all sides.
Anti-choice groups have collected more than 20,000 signatures on a petition calling on the White House to rescind the policy.
The Obama administration is standing strong, but we need to make sure they hear from us.
Sign our petition to support no-cost...
5 Important Lessons from the Komen/Planned... →
Woman’s emotional testimony helps kill abortion... →
stfuhypocrisy:
By Associated Press, Published: February 2
RICHMOND, Va. — After hearing emotionally wrenching testimony Thursday from a woman who terminated her high-risk pregnancy, a Senate committee narrowly rejected legislation that would have banned most abortions after the fetus reaches 20 weeks gestational age.
Republican Sen. Mark Obenshain of Harrisonburg cited the much-debated...
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From our fan mail:
Completely agree. Their wording was deliberately vague—it seems like they want to sweep this under the rug and hope no one notices PP’s grants won’t get approved next year. At least this debacle has shown that many people DO value Planned Parenthood, despite what right-wing nutjobs would have us believe. I still stand with Planned Parenthood.
- metaneira