Read more contraceptive stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12531/contraceptive.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:36:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72208/limbaugh-compares-nyt-reporter-to-jihad-guys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRush Limbaugh really outdid himself yesterday, comparing New York Times environmental reporter Andy Revkin to a terrorist and urging him to commit suicide. Well, that’s not entirely fair. Actually, Limbaugh compared all “militant environmentalists” to “the jihad guys,” who, in Limbaugh’s telling, “convince these families to strap explosives on who?...http://www.newser.com/story/72208/limbaugh-compares-nyt-reporter-to-jihad-guys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 9:43:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59547/as-economy-tanks-women-flock-to-clinics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn this tough economy, requests for long-term contraceptives and abortions have spiked at family planning clinics, reports the Los Angeles Times . Planned Parenthood of LA County has seen its caseload jump 15% in just a year, and requests for IUDs nearly doubled in the first quarter compared to a year...http://www.newser.com/story/59547/as-economy-tanks-women-flock-to-clinics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 10:55:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58231/supreme-court-strategizing-should-include-birth-control.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe battle for David Souter’s seat on the Supreme Court will be a pitched fight over Roe v. Wade, Cynthia Tucker writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . "Here’s a suggestion for a pragmatic president with excellent political instincts and the moral capacity to see the ethical quandaries inherent in Roe," she...http://www.newser.com/story/58231/supreme-court-strategizing-should-include-birth-control.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 11:26:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58037/a-pill-for-men-perhaps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTestosterone injections can render men temporarily infertile and function as a male contraceptive, Chinese scientists say. Their tests on 1,045 healthy, fertile men were 99% successful and left only two subjects less fertile than they were before the trial. “Our study shows a male hormonal contraceptive regimen may be...http://www.newser.com/story/58037/a-pill-for-men-perhaps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 17:23:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55226/gene-may-yield-male-pill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA newly identified gene that causes a type of male infertility may be the key to eventually developing a male oral contraceptive pill, the Independent reports. The gene, CATSPER1, enables sperm to wriggle through the outside of an unfertilized egg. A drug that could switch the gene on and off...http://www.newser.com/story/55226/gene-may-yield-male-pill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 13:24:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16655/us-abortions-down-25-since-1990-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbout 1.2 million abortions were performed in the US in 2005, a 25% drop from the practice’s 1990 heyday, new data show. About 1 in 5 pregnancies ended in abortion in '05—the most recent year with data available—compared to 1 in 3 in the 1980s, the Los...http://www.newser.com/story/16655/us-abortions-down-25-since-1990-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Jan 2008 11:56:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12308/price-of-pill-for-students-soars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFemale students at US colleges may be cutting back on reliable contraceptives because a quirk in a federal law has made birth-control pills up to four times more expensive, health officials warn. A recent change in Medicaid regulations means drug companies no longer offer big discounts to health centers where...http://www.newser.com/story/12308/price-of-pill-for-students-soars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Nov 2007 3:45:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/9662/alternative-to-the-pill-has-no-side-effects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagContraception without the nausea, headaches, mood swings, weight gain, or heart attacks? Scientists are developing a non-hormonal patch that would side-step the side effects associated with the Pill by simply blocking a protein that allows sperm to bond with egg, the Telegraph reports. But don’t get too excited—it could...http://www.newser.com/story/9662/alternative-to-the-pill-has-no-side-effects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Oct 2007 14:47:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/7376/the-pill-reduces-cancer-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe pill has a possible new side effect: preventing cancer. Women who took oral contraceptives for less than eight years have up to a 12% lower risk of developing the disease, according to a new British study, one of the largest ever conducted. The risk of developing bowel and rectal,...http://www.newser.com/story/7376/the-pill-reduces-cancer-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Sep 2007 5:57:36 CDT