Happy 44th birthday, Roe v. Wade! It would be great to say that you’ve been able to ensure abortion access for everyone since January 22, 1973, but that just isn’t the case. Over the past 44 years, more than 1,000 […]
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Can health care providers and patients use texting to promote more consistent birth control use? Yes, they can! Clinicians and public health advocates have discovered something interesting: phone calls, email and snail mail just don’t seem to cut…
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Most of us are familiar with the two most common forms of birth control: condoms and birth control pills. However, lately there has been a rise in use of intrauterine devices (IUDs). In addition to brands such as Mirena, Paragard […]
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Buying condoms isn’t fun. Like most teen guys, I always thought it was a hassle. What I didn’t know, or ever really consider, is that getting hormonal birth control, like the Pill, is even more inconvenient. Buzzfeed’s fictional video…
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Recently, I watched a BuzzFeed video titled “Let’s Actually Talk About Birth Control.” It started off with the narrator asking a couple of high school students and their coworkers what they knew about birth control. Surprisingly, most people…
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Emergency contraception (EC), which can be taken to reduce the risk of pregnancy after unprotected sex, is now available online for a cheaper price than what you would get at your local pharmacy. AfterPill, a generic version of Plan B […]
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I was so happy to find out that Planned Parenthood is doing something that is at once radical and simple: allowing virtual visits for clients in need of birth control through an app. The whole process is relatively simple. Download […]
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