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March 2012

65 posts

Senate to vote on Blunt Amendment →

If a health-care-related item or service included in a company’s health-care plan clashes with the moral or religious beliefs of an employer, or even an insurance provider, they can refuse to pay for it. The amendment also includes a provision about discrimination—making clear that the government should not be allowed to discriminate against employers or health-care providers that choose not to...

VOTE: 5 Worst Quotes on Women's Health and Birth... →

February 2012

87 posts

Stand Up For Women's Health: Weekly News Roundup →

standupforwomen: Here are a few stories we’ve been paying attention to: National News: The American Independent covers an emerging trend for states to push women through crisis pregnancy centers’ doors as part of new legislation that increases waiting times and mandates pre-abortion ultrasounds: …

Worth bringing back: Accurate Depictions of... →

Misrepresentation A considerable number of anti-abortion visuals feature an almost fully developed fetus. Abortions preformed at this stage via hysterotomy or D&X abortions are rare. Only about 1.5% of abortions are performed at 21-weeks or older, according to according to a 2000 study conducted by the Nation Center for Chronic Disease (CDC). A July 1992 LIFE magazine article, The Great...

fuck yeah sex education: Mobile Apps for People... →

thesexuneducated: pozliving: So I’ve been searching through the app store for useful apps that people living with HIV could use in their daily lives. In general, I am not too pleased with the overall design and functionality of these apps. It made me realize that we need more smart and…

Washington State may become first to require... →

sanityscraps: dumbledoreisabamf: stfuconservatives: Gay marriage AND insurance coverage for abortions? Man, I’m at the wrong end of this coast. -Jess Even though I hated the town I lived in, I really did love Washington. I might just move to Washington someday.

Anonymous asked: a lot of the time i see things on my dash/hear things irl and i want to say something, but i still feel insanely uneducated. do you have any good resources to learn about sex positiveness, abortion, and birth control? i follow a lot of great blogs but a short post doesnt feel like enough. i want to learn more so i can give a good argument against wrong headed and close minded people.

Persons against the Personhood Act in Oklahoma →

teasymcgee: obscenegestur: You all better freaking reblog the shit out of this, or I’ll be mad at you forever. Everyone everywhere should be against this.

Texas just cut funding for the reproductive health... →

keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus: ereyes312: keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus: FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK! Reproductive rights are being dismantled at an alarming rate here in Texas. Can Amy Poehler do a segment about that on SNL? Can Jon Stewart do one on the Daily Show? Can we get some national media coverage of this? PLEASE! Unless some last-minute agreement is...

BREAKING: Virginia Personhood Bill Officially Dead →

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Backstagemakeup: I regularly use the services of... →

purebloodqueen: I don’t go for the free condoms and I don’t go for abortions, but if I did that would be my choice because I am an adult and I have rights over my body. I go because I am a low income college student who needs birth control because I my period is very irregular and very painful. Ever since I…

Mellopet: I’m normally private about these things,... →

mellopetitone: I’m normally private about these things, but this is something I feel I should say. Today, the condom broke. I am female-bodied. There are serious consequences to this situation. There are so many things that could go wrong and I was glad every moment that they all went so right. My partner was…

“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…

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...

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...

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…