10 1 / 2013
This is absolutely horrible.
I would like to thank you, 50 something year old male, for lecturing me at the pharmacy. I was not aware that picking up my prescription birth control would incite you to speak of “young ladies nowadays”. I was not aware that my personal business and what I choose to put in my body is any of your concern. I would also like to thank you for giving me this handy dandy pamphlet on the atrocious act of consuming birth control to induce an abortion. Wow! You’ve really taught me. Thank you sir, I am eternally grateful.
Nothing says “well-researched scientific evidence to refute what your personal doctor has prescribed for you” like a hand-written pamphlet.
(via maryyantionette)
15 5 / 2012
18 4 / 2012
916 Anti-Women Bills Introduced By The GOP Since March 2011
You can view all on their site.
17 4 / 2012
Elizabeth Banks: I Thank Birth Control Pills for My Son
Just over a year ago, my son Felix was born via gestational surrogacy. He came out of me nine months early and because of my broken belly, his babycake was baked in a wonderful angel’s oven and now — I can’t believe it — he’s a year old and walking. He has expanded my capacity for joy a thousand-fold.
His life would have been much harder to come by if not for the birth control pill. How’s that, you ask? Well, it’s a simple fact: The pill is used for many situations that have nothing to do with the prevention of pregnancy. The pill was prescribed to me when hormonally induced migraines kept me locked up in dark rooms for days at a time. It was prescribed to me to regulate insanely painful cramps every month — cramps so painful that I often vomited.
And here’s a little secret I am happy to blow the lid off of: The pill is often prescribed during the IVF (in vitro fertilization) process to help MAKE BABIES! That’s right, women dealing with infertility are often put on the pill to help regulate a cycle so that they might have a more successful IVF. The pill is used to manage ovarian cysts, endometriosis and other conditions too. Not to mention, it helps couples plan for wanted children.
Obviously, I’m not a doctor. I’m just a woman grateful for my necessary and very helpful medication. And I’m sure glad I don’t have to discuss any of these conditions, including infertility, with my employer.
A girlfriend and I recently wondered what would be more mortifying: having to tell her male employer she needed birth control to mitigate a heavy flow or just bleeding all over herself in the office?
So with that image in mind, I encourage all women — and the men in their lives — to protect access to birth control, and encourage our politicians to take women’s health issues out of the political process.
For more information, please visit the most comprehensive and willing advocates for women’s health in America: www.plannedparenthood.org.
Awesomeness.
(Source: judygrimes)
17 4 / 2012
http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-new-york/unite-against-the-war-on-women-march-rally-on-april-28-nyc
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RSVP at www.UniteWomenNY.org
15 4 / 2012
Bedsider: Six Birth Control Apps Worth Checking Out
I’m sure you heard about the #teamiPhone vs. #teamAndroid Instagram beef last week. Can’t we all just get along, guys? Thank goodness for the wonderful world of birth control—it offers something for everyone! Hopefully you’ve already checked out and taken advantage of Bedsider’s custom…
15 4 / 2012
Set the women’s movement back 50 years? Over my dead body!
15 4 / 2012
The Agonizing Ecstasies of Male Contraception
“Female humans have been presented with lots of ways to prevent the S from getting to the E and making the B, whether it be taking crazy hormones (mine make me menstruate only every six months, and throw up immediately if I try to smoke a cigarette), more rubber bits, intensive scheduling, or passing pieces of copper through their cervixes. Hilariously, the closest the RISUG people have gotten to international validation is a “$100,000 Gates Foundation grant to pursue a variation of RISUG in the fallopian tubes as a female contraceptive.” WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? Oh, because the male version is too cheap and easy, and the point of birth control is to control women’s bodies. Right.”
15 4 / 2012
Revolutionary Birth Control...For Men
Seriously. This man is a genius. And this is amazing.
