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Should Healthcare Plans Be Required to Cover Costs of Birth Control? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:43:26 +0000

Last week, President Obama issued a directive which would require all health insurance plans to cover the cost of birth control. The move is opposed by some religious groups, most prominently the Conference of Catholic Bishops. According to a new New York Times/CBS poll of 1,197 adults, the majority of Americans side with the president on this issue. Fifty-nine [...]

Should Nuns Be Offered the Pill to Reduce Cancer Risks? — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:11:23 +0000

If you were going to choose a segment of society least likely to need birth control pills, no one could fault you for putting nuns at the top of the list. Researchers, however, say the notoriously contraceptive-averse Catholic Church should make the pills available to those women to reduce their risk of cancer.

Morning After Pill Will Not Be On Store Shelves

Erin Bishop — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:57:57 +0000

The FDA had considered lifting the age limit to allow younger teens to buy the Plan B morning after pill without restriction, but congress voted against it. Currently, girls 17 and older can get the pill at the pharmacy without a prescription but the FDA wanted to move it on the shelves next to the condoms so anyone could buy the pill.

Watch Out Guys, Birth Control May Be Causing Prostate Cancer — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:00:53 +0000

Researchers discovered that countries with the highest numbers of women using oral contraceptives also have the highest rates of death from prostate cancer. What does this mean? They think estrogen from the urine of women who take birth control pills could be to blame.

Stephen Colbert Reacts to Mandate that Insurers Cover Birth Control [VIDEO]

George McIntyre — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:41:49 +0000

Since the announcement by the US Department of Public Health that birth control will be fully covered by health plans beginning in January of 2013, Stephen Colbert has released his take on the plan.

Agree or disagree, it's a pretty funny clip, right after the jump.

Birth Control May Soon be Covered by Insurance Companies

George McIntyre — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:33:29 +0000

A panel of medical experts made a recommendation to the US Department of Health Tuesday, saying that all insurance plans should legally be required to cover the cost of birth control. One question: Why has this taken so long? Over half of all prescriptions for Viagra written since the drug’s release in 1998 have been [...]