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Should the Birth Control Pill Be Free?

by Brett Singer, Posted Dec 13th 2010 10:12AM

Are birth control pills preventative medicine? Credit: Getty Images
Under the new health care laws, birth control pills could be free for college students. The question is whether or not the pill is considered "preventative medicine." Newsweek ...Under the new health care laws, birth control pills could be free for college students. The question is whether or not the pill is considered "preventative medicine."
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Did you take your prenatal vitamins--EVERY day???

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Oct 17th 2007 8:12AM

Come on now, be honest. I really want to know. Doctors and OBGYNs and even ads in the subways are always strongly urging women to take prenatal vitamins EVERY day, before they get pregnant, while pregnant and afterwards if they're breastfeeding. For ...
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Britney Spears pregnant again, has no idea who the father is

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jul 19th 2007 3:52PM

If this is true, Britney Spears must be addicted to being pregnant. Barely post-rehab, in the midst of a nasty divorce, and with a bad habit of smoking in front of her kids, it's rumored that the former pop star has done it again. Oops. According ...
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Using family planning to NOT conceive

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 13th 2007 8:31AM

I have a pal who is trying her darnedest not to conceive. She is a rarity among my other gal pals who either already have kids or are trying their darnedest to get them. Although she did not ask for advice on how to go about not getting ...
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Rhythm method as effective as the pill?

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Feb 21st 2007 10:32AM

It sounds rhetoric from a Catholic sex-ed class, but according to German researchers, natural family planning really is as effective as the pill. But before you try this at home, beware: it's a little more sophisticated than you might at first ...
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Fifty years since The Pill, why is contraception still so difficult?

by Melissa Summers, Posted Apr 22nd 2006 6:03PM

The author of this UK Times article has herself a Pill Baby, a surprise baby born after her progesteron-only pill failed to live up to it's promises. I am a Pill Baby and also the mother of my very own Pill Baby, so the article immediately caught my ...
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