... in Florida (that didn't fit above in the title). "A nationwide anti-abortion group launched an effort in Florida Friday to outlaw all abortions and certain types of birth control, including oral contraceptives and the morning-after pill. The religion-infused movement,...
In a new documentary, entitled "Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel", the godfather of American hedonism "concerned he'll be remembered in the wrong light." is exposed as a gay-rights pioneer. "But much as...
"A Roman Catholic bank in Germany has apologised after admitting it bought stocks in defence, tobacco and birth control companies. Der Spiegel newspaper discovered the bank had invested... 160,000 euros in American birth control pill maker Wyeth. "Ok, I'm biased against the...
I recently highlighted a guardian.co.uk piece which reported the failure of abstinence only programmes in America, and commented: "This piece argues that the rise in risky sexual behaviour among young people in the US is linked (ironically, of course) to George Bush's...
"To mark World Population Day last Saturday, India’s health and family welfare minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, declared that every rural home in India should have a television. But this was no campaign for the masses’ right to infotainment. Rather, Azad sees the TV as a magic...
Researchers in China have now come up with a male birth control that's just as effective as the birth control pill. Once a month, men can go to their doctor's office and get jabbed in the buttocks, and...
This follows on from a post I made earlier. The Catholic Church is well-known for imposing restrictions on what women can do with their bodies. According to the rules of the Catholic Church, women cannot take the pill, have an abortion, or do anything to their bodies which...
The fallout from the Pope's words on condom use last week is starting to reach across the globe. I wonder if the Pope realizes how his words can devastate public health worldwide, and fuel more HIV...
"Pregnancy advisory services - including abortion information - could be advertised on TV and radio under proposals due to be released. Restrictions on condom adverts could also be relaxed, as part of plans aimed at reducing high UK rates of teenage pregnancy and sexual...
It may not be what every child hopes for in their stocking, but it may be exactly what many young women need in this time of financial crisis. This year Planned Parenthood of Indiana is spreading good cheer via condoms and birth control. While health costs continue to...
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Wild boar live in various places across Britain and their numbers are rising. These boar are not native to the UK but are related to animals that escaped from captivity or were deliberatly released. They have...
Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...
"A charity is rolling out a pioneering service that gives young people sexual health advice by text message after a successful pilot in the two boroughs with the highest rate of sexually transmitted disease in Europe.
Safe Haven is launching Text Sam across Britain to...
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Birth control is a method used by men and women to prevent
pregnancy and other sexually transmitted diseases. There are a number of birth
control methods. When people want to make a choice they have to consider
various facts about them and the method they want to use. You...
Perhaps they could put the elephants on buses to Zambia... 34,000 elephants does not sound like that many to me, considering that they're an endangered species. The first time I saw an elephant (outside of a zoo) I was overcome with awe. It looked so alien and huge and...