AAUW was seriously disappointed by the Obama administration’s Wednesday decision, directly defended by the president, to block the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of selling emergency contraception to women without restriction. Along with the rest of the women’s rights community, AAUW expected the Obama administration to approve the over-the-counter sale of Plan B contraception — [...]
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Back up your Birth Control
Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Civil Rights, tagged Back up your Borth Control, birth control, EC, Emergency Contraception, FDA, Plan B, Prevention First Act, reproductive health, reproductive rights on March 25, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
March 25 is the eighth anniversary of the Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Action. This day for increasing awareness of and access to emergency contraception comes just days after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its 2006 age restrictions on the “morning-after pill,” or Plan B emergency [...]
Uncovered
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, tagged 2008 election, family planning, health, Health and Human Services, health insurance, healthcare, reproductive health on September 10, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Art used in messaging is nothing new, but we’re used to seeing what I call “elevator art” — backgrounds in TV commercials, graphics in magazine ads — even the web has more than its share. So when I saw this on the news the other day, it caught my attention, especially amid the noise of [...]
An Assault on Women’s Health
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, tagged birth control, contraception, family planning, Health and Human Services, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, reproductive health, reproductive rights, women's healthcare on July 22, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
These are the words used by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to describe draft regulations by the Bush administration that would severely limit women’s access to reproductive health and family planning services, including some of the most common forms of birth control. As reported in the New York Times, the possible proposed regulations would expand the [...]
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