Articles Tagged with birth control

Bobby Jindal Wants Birth Control Sold Over-The-Counter

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal feels that birth control pills should be available over-the-counter just like the morning after pill. Jindal feels that allowing such easy access for would foster competition among manufacturers and decrease the cost of the family planning medication. Jindal also notes that making birth control available without a prescription would remove the… Read more »

Emergency Contraception For Adolescents: Updates And Recommendations

Emergency contraception and adolescents

The United States continues to have teen birth rates at significantly higher levels than other industrialized nations. Though there have been significant declines over the past two decades, the most recent birth data shows a rate of 34.3 per 1000 among 15- to 19-year-olds. The most current data shows that 57 percent of teen pregnancies… Read more »

Stressed, Depressed Women Less Likely To Take Birth Control Consistently

Women who experience moderate to severe depression and stress are less likely to take proper birth control precautions, study shows

A new study suggests that depression and stress can lead to lapses in proper use of birth control. The study, presented on Monday at the annual meeting of American Public Health Association, found that women with moderate to severe depression and stress symptoms were “less likely to use contraception consistently — that is, use it… Read more »

Levi Johnson And Sunny Oglesby: We Forgot The Birth Control

Levi Johnson Talks Second Child

Levi Johnson isn’t very good with words or smart for that matter, that’s why it doesn’t surprise us that his reason for child number two came down to not one but two bad decisions. Speaking to the Insider this week Johnson revealed: “There was a time we went to the cabin and forgot the birth… Read more »

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