Dear The Right, this is what happens when you make abortion inaccessible.

(And aside from fears of damaging side effects taking place without the oversight of medical personnel, I don’t think it’s a half-bad option.) For Privacy’s Sake, Taking Risks to End Pregnancy By JENNIFER 8. LEE and CARA BUCKLEY, The New York Times, January 5, 2009 Amalia Dominguez was 18 and desperate and knew exactly what [...]

Pharmacists: Just get a new job if you won’t prescribe Plan B

Feministing posted an email from a woman that works as a pharmacist for Walmart, who explains that her conservative male colleague illegally requested that the store not even supply emergency contraceptive Plan B.  What is shocking is that their manager complied. Although the pharmacists are not required to dispense the ‘morning-after pill,’ they are required [...]

“Final period”

Several days ago, the New York Times published an op-ed about a new form of birth control marketed by Wyeth called Lybrel with the above title. The fourth paragraph is a sarcastic listing of all the arguments for a pill that will allow women to never menstruate: After all, periods and their mood swings are [...]