A councilman has a unique solution to reducing the pigeon population at the Staten Island ferry terminals: Put them on birth control.
Illinois pharmacists who object to dispensing emergency birth control would be allowed to let someone else fill the prescription under a deal that could settle a lawsuit against the state.
New birth-control pills that are less effective in preventing pregnancy than the original contraceptives of the 1960s still could win federal approval if they promise other benefits, under a recommendation by health advisers.
Back in March, I wrote about the endorsement of Barack Obama by prominent conservative legal scholar, Caruso Family Chair and Professor of Constitutional Law, Pepperdine University, Doug Kmiec.
Ever since you convinced your parents that you needed the pill at 16 to "keep your skin clear and your periods regular" you've taken it every day at the same time.
The emergency contraceptive pill Plan B will now be sold on the front shelves of Canadian pharmacies without any medical consultation after a landmark decision came down Thursday to make the drug more accessible.
Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican's teaching against birth control was difficult as he praised a 1968 Church document that condemned contraception.
Tired of the same-old lame protests outside of abortion clinics? Looking to impose your religious beliefs in other people's lives in a new and exciting way? The pro-life movement would like to expand your horizons.
"The birth control patch gives millions of women the freedom of not taking a pill every day. But one woman believes that convenience caused her a potentially life-threatening condition, and now she's part of a class action lawsuit."
For years, Johnson & Johnson obscured evidence that its popular Ortho Evra birth control patch delivered much more estrogen than standard birth control pills, potentially increasing the risk of blood clots and strokes, according to internal company documents.
The Brazilian government has inaugurated yesterday the first factory to produce condoms with latex from Amazon trees. The company, called Natex, is located in Xapuri, in Acre State (Northwest Brazil).
Since 2006, John McCain has been transforming himself into a candidate that is more palatable to Evangelical Christians. He even made peace with Jerry Falwell prior to his death.
Continuous oral contraceptives may be more effective than the standard 28-day birth control pills in suppressing the ovary, according to researchers. They say that the continuous pill also causes a significant improvement in pain and behavioral changes.
South Dakota's new pro-life bill exposes the calls of pro-abortionists for "exceptions" for what they are: a smoke-screen to justify abortion on demand, a form of retroactive birth control.
An appeals court today upheld a decision by the state Pharmacy Examining Board reprimanding and placing conditions on the license of a pharmacist who refused to fill or transfer a patient's prescription for an oral contraceptive.
This past week, Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright has come under heavy fire in part over comments that suggested the U.S. government had introduced AIDS into black communities.
In olden days, the deadly sins included lust, gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution, mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated thou-shalt-not list.
Although the average woman worldwide is giving birth to fewer children than ever before (see Figure 1), an estimated 136 million babies were born in 2007.1 Global data do not allow demographers to be certain that any specific year sets a record for births, but this one certainl …
Due to McCain's reputation as a maverick, many voters seem to attach more moderate abortion views to him. In Florida's primary, for example, 45 percent of those Republicans who said abortion should be legal voted for McCain.
The women's rights advocacy group Legal Momentum organized a hearing on Capitol Hill this Tuesday to publicize its newly released report, Sex, Lies & Stereotypes: How Abstinence-Only Programs Harm Women and Girls (pdf).
Various reversible and irreversible methods of birth control - from oral contraceptives, to sterilization, the pills, spermicides, preventing fertilisation or simply sexual abstinence - to suit couples' minds and needs.
A 16-year-old Argentine girl has given birth to female triplets - for the second time. The girl, named only as Pamela, had her first set of female triplets aged 15, having first given birth to a son when she was just 14.
Told that a group of prostituted women were praying the novena to bring a lot of customers for the night, [Sister Sol] is reported to have said: Hayaan mo lnag sila. (Let them be).
Two new studies have suggested that cities act like contraceptives, helping to check the population growth that has become one of the most discussed environmental issues in recent years.
Legislature finds no evidence women are having trouble finding birth control, declines to override conscience.
Reproductive rights are in a sorry state in the United States. Not only should abortion remain safe and legal, but we need to focus on prevention services as well.
Bill would do away with a pharmacists right to exercise his or her conscience when dispensing drugs he considers harmful to human life.