Topic: Birth Control

Man Faces Murder Charges For Tricking Girlfriend Into Taking Abortion Pill

Nobody has the right to make reproductive choices for you — and that includes forced abortions. More »

Birth Control Is More Expensive In Low Income Areas

Prescription birth control costs more in low income areas than it does in high income areas, which is absolutely crazy and terrible. And yet, true! Sick, Sad World The Huffington Post reports: The cost data came from MyFloridaRx.com, a website developed by the … More »

Bullish: Why More Socialism Would Help 51% Of The Population Create More Jobs

I’m a hardworking, highly entrepreneurial woman, and I would like more socialism, please, so I can go about creating jobs. (I’ll explain, stick with me.) More »

Hippie Backlash Intensifies Against Eden Health Food Company For Refusing To Cover Employees’ Birth Control

When you picture the average buyer of soymilk, what do you see? An aging hippie, perhaps? An old head whose interest in radical politics has mellowed out into an abiding love of vegetarian food and a vote for Barack Obama? A beat up Volvo with a “Keep Abortion Legal” bumper sticker on the back? More »

With Reimbursement For Abortions And Free Birth Control, France Makes The U.S. Look Archaic

Women being allowed to make decisions for their own bodies AND access to free birth control? No. Way. More »

10 Reasons I Love Birth Control Pills

They Lower Your Risk For Ovarian Cancer By Up To 50%

A few days ago, we published a post that a lot of you didn’t like called 10 Reasons I Stopped Birth Control Pills. So now, I’m offering a counterpoint of sorts. As someone who’s been on the pill since high school, I’ve had a pretty positive experience with it over the years, so I thought I should share my own reasons for loving it. I want to make it clear that I don’t think my personal experiences will apply to everyone, but I’ve also included some helpful facts, because facts + anecdotes = perfectly balanced ladysite, right? Right. More »

I Refuse To Put Bacon On Anybody’s Penis. Okay? Okay.

I like condoms. Condoms are wonderful. But no, Sam I am, I will not try green eggs and bacon-flavored condoms. More »

Swag Out Your Birth Control With ‘Nuva Bling’

If you missed this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live, you could be forgiven; SNL has been wildly uneven as of late. For every funny sketch, there are two or three stinkers. But one area in which they’ve been killing it … More »

If Finding Birth Control That Fits You Has Been Nearly Impossible, You’re Not Alone

When I was 13, I went on the Pill. I didn’t need it for contraceptive purposes; I just had hospital-admitting, head-splitting PMS each month. Sadly, I experienced numerous unpleasant side effects and, after about a year, decided to move on … More »

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Numerical Proof That We Need To Continue Making Birth Control Available To Teens

If you’re a frequent (or infrequent, even) reader of The Gloss, you know that we are big fans of birth control and sex education. We think women deserve to make their own individual reproductive choices, whether it’s to abstain from … More »

Move Over, Pizza: Condoms Are The New Best Delivery Item In Town

Do you ever find yourself getting down with somebody and realize you lack a condom, but you’re too tipsy to drive to the store and unwilling to wake up your stupid roommate? More »

Is Sex Really Better Without A Condom?

Condoms have long been considered a “necessary evil” in the sex and dating world. While I feel the term “necessary evil” is silly with regard to condoms because they’re not remotely evil (unlike Spanx, which are similarly tight but serve a much less important purpose yet have garnered the same title). People often assume that condoms ruin sex or, at the very least, make it less fantastic. But is this actually the case? More »

Video: ‘Birth Control On The Bottom’ Is Many Amazing Parodies In One

Would you and your racially diverse group of friends like to regulate your reproductive systems at the same time you consume healthy, low-fat, probiotic yogurt? Look no further than Birth Control On The Bottom, the yogurt that is also a pill. More »

Pediatricians Say Emergency Contraception Should Be Prescribed In Advance; Why I Agree

We know teenagers will have sex. We know this. We can’t afford to be naive enough to believe that blissful ignorance channeled by way of abstinence-only education will be totally effective. But, naturally, people are upset about this announcement. More »

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