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3 weeks ago

Many women in abortion care did not use contraceptives; Better information needed

NL Times

Many women who got an abortion did not use contraceptives to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, Rutgers found in new research. There seems to be a lack of information and knowledge about the means to prevent this.” When asked why they didn’t use contraception, the most frequent answer was that the women considered the chance of pregnancy to be small. Women …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

World Sexual Health Day 2024: Experts debunk myths surrounding STIs and sexual health

Hindustan Times

Despite increasing awareness, stigma still clouds discussions about sexually transmitted infections and sexual wellness. On World Sexual Health Day 2024, it’s crucial to address and debunk prevalent myths surrounding sexual health. Experts debunk fact and fiction surrounding STIs You cannot contract an STI while on ‘the pill’ Oral contraceptives prevent pregnancy but offer no protection against STIs. “STIs are typically …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Case to respect and protect women’s reproductive rights

Hindustan Times

In the late 1990s, the United Nations Population Fund appointed me as the Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia. Several factors including patriarchal attitudes and social norms restricted women’s autonomy in making decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health, including family planning. However, much remains to be done to achieve India’s Family Planning 2030 vision, which aims to increase access, choice, …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: This huge insurer got caught breaking a law protecting contraceptive access, but its fine is a joke

LA Times

There’s good news and bad news about a legal settlement that New York state just reached with the giant health insurer UnitedHealth over its denial of contraception coverage for a member, which violated state law. A couple more bits of bad news: Not only is UnitedHealth a “repeat offender” in breaching contraception access laws, but it’s also not the only …

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8 months, 1 week ago

How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea

Associated Press

New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death. New York exterminators currently kill rats using snap and glue traps, poisons that make them bleed internally, and carbon monoxide gas that can suffocate them in …

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9 months ago

Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York following a statewide order

Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York under an order signed by state health officials on Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration said in a landmark decision last July that the once-a-day Opill could be sold on store shelves and without a prescription. The order, signed by New York Health Commissioner James McDonald at …

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9 months ago

Minnesota court rules pharmacist discriminated against woman in denying emergency contraception

Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist who refused to provide emergency contraceptives to a customer because of his personal beliefs engaged in discrimination. The three-judge panel ruled Monday that pharmacist George Badeaux engaged in business discrimination in 2019 when he wouldn’t fill a prescription for an emergency contraception that is used to …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Arizona Republicans Refuse To Even Consider Basic Birth Control Protections

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING After refusing to have committees take up two bills that would enshrine access to contraceptives in state law, Arizona Republicans on Wednesday blocked a Hail Mary effort by Democrats to force a hearing on the legislation. Each deemed the Right to Contraception Act, the identical bills in the state’s House and Senate that would guarantee Arizonans’ access …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

LA Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands behind Russian girls at a midnight Mass in the village of Turginovo. “They don’t understand the point.” State clinics in one region referred women to a priest before getting an abortion. To Irina Volynets, an abortion opponent and children’s rights ombudswoman in the Tatarstan region, “it gives hope that this procedure will be taken out …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics. “They don’t understand the point.” State clinics in one region referred women to a priest before getting an abortion. To Irina Volynets, an …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Health authorities have introduced an online “motivational questionnaire” outlining …

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1 year, 2 months ago

ICMR completes trials for world’s first injectable male contraceptive

Live Mint

In a major breakthrough in the field of contraceptive and birth control, the Indian Council of Medical Research completed the clinical trials of the world's first injectable male contraceptive. About the ICMR study on injectable male contraceptives Under the study, a total of 303 healthy, sexually active and married men and their healthy and sexually active wives were included. Study …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Arizona governor makes contraceptive medications available over the counter at pharmacies

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Adults in Arizona can now obtain contraceptive medications over the counter at a pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription under a governor’s order announced Thursday. “We are building an Arizona for everyone, which means ensuring people across the state have what they need to live a free and healthy life,” the Democratic governor said in a statement. Over 20 …

1 year, 5 months ago

Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe

Associated Press

SEATTLE — Need Plan B? Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a different kind of vending machine, one that’s become more popular on campuses around the country since the U.S. Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion last year. “If you live in a state where you cannot get an abortion and you can’t …

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1 year, 7 months ago

NY governor signs bill expanding access to contraceptives

Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — New Yorkers next year won’t have to go through their doctors to get prescription contraceptives under a bill that Democratic Gov. Under the law that will take effect in November 2024, trained pharmacists will be able to distribute self-administered hormonal contraceptives including oral birth control pills, vaginal rings, and the patch to New Yorkers, even if patients …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Indiana birth control bills move with abortion ban in flux

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents could have access to birth control without a doctor’s prescription under a bill state lawmakers sent to the governor Tuesday, a move proponents say will prevent unwanted pregnancies in a state that passed an abortion ban last summer. The state House bill is key to providing women quicker access to contraceptives, bill sponsor Republican Sen. Sue …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Iowa won’t pay for rape victims’ abortions or contraceptives

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some victim advocates. Federal regulations and state law require Iowa to pay many of the expenses for sexual assault victims who seek medical help, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Iowa Won't Pay For Rape Victims' Abortions Or Contraceptives

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some victim advocates. Under the previous attorney general, Democrat Tom Miller, Iowa’s victim compensation fund also paid for Plan B, the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Can birth control pills increase the risk of breast cancer?

Firstpost

Using any hormonal contraceptive pill can slightly increase the risk of breast cancer in women, new research has found. The study, carried out by University of Oxford researchers and published in PLOS Medicine journal, says that the use of progestogen-only hormonal contraceptives – such as oral ‘mini pill’, implants and intra-uterine devices – is linked to 20-30 per cent higher …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Male contraceptive pill: Would men take it if there were no side effects?

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

Low estrogen levels paired with higher CGRP levels may jump-start migraine: Study

Hindustan Times

As estrogen levels fluctuate, a new study has found for female participants with migraine, their levels of the protein calcitonin gene-related peptide that plays a key role in starting the migraine process also fluctuate. Low estrogen levels paired with higher CGRP levels may jump-start migraine "This elevated level of CGRP following hormonal fluctuations could help to explain why migraine attacks …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Taliban ban sale of contraceptives, call it conspiracy by West to control Muslim population

India Today

The sale of contraceptives has been stopped by the Taliban in Afghanistan’s two main cities, claiming that the use of contraceptives is a "western conspiracy to control the Muslim population", the Guardian reported. “You are not allowed to go outside and promote the western concept of controlling the population and this is unnecessary work,” a midwife claimed she was told …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Debunking Myths About Birth Control and Contraceptives

News 18

The use of contraception is often a topic that people are hesitant to talk about or try. Some of these contraceptives available are condoms, birth control pills or oral contraceptive C pills or Intra Uterine Contraceptive Devices like Copper T. Talking to the gynaecologist can help you decipher which option is best suited for you. Many myths surround many aspects …

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2 years ago

Alcohol, Contraceptives Found in Schoolbags in Bengaluru: Parents Need to Lead By Example, Says Sadhguru

News 18

The surprise checks on schoolbags of children in which substances such as alcohol and contraceptives were found is a wake-up call, according to Isha founder Sadhguru. “While teachers and parents need to be alert about such developments, there is also a need to understand the core problem — that is setting the right example,” he said. Citing how children live …

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Many women in abortion care did not use contraceptives; Better information needed

World Sexual Health Day 2024: Experts debunk myths surrounding STIs and sexual health

Case to respect and protect women’s reproductive rights

Column: This huge insurer got caught breaking a law protecting contraceptive access, but its fine is a joke

How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea

Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York following a statewide order

Minnesota court rules pharmacist discriminated against woman in denying emergency contraception

Arizona Republicans Refuse To Even Consider Basic Birth Control Protections

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

ICMR completes trials for world’s first injectable male contraceptive

Arizona governor makes contraceptive medications available over the counter at pharmacies

Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe

NY governor signs bill expanding access to contraceptives

Indiana birth control bills move with abortion ban in flux

Iowa won’t pay for rape victims’ abortions or contraceptives

Iowa Won't Pay For Rape Victims' Abortions Or Contraceptives

Can birth control pills increase the risk of breast cancer?

Male contraceptive pill: Would men take it if there were no side effects?

Low estrogen levels paired with higher CGRP levels may jump-start migraine: Study

Taliban ban sale of contraceptives, call it conspiracy by West to control Muslim population

Debunking Myths About Birth Control and Contraceptives

Alcohol, Contraceptives Found in Schoolbags in Bengaluru: Parents Need to Lead By Example, Says Sadhguru