birth control

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I remembered something funny that I saw on a Gaia forum some time back. It was in the, now deceased, Abortion Debate thread, someone had been going on about how different cultures treat pregnant teens. The comment went along the lines of how black people praise young black girls who get pregnant.

I nearly spat my drink out on my screen.  Read More »

I am sick of girls getting abortions because they are too lazy to go to a free clinic and get FREE birth control. How hard is it to make your boyfriend put a condom on? If you dont want a kid you shouldnt be having sex... especially careless sex. If you cant handle the responsibility of a kid how are you able to handle murdering an unborn child?  Read More »

So I'm back at midwifery school and this semester our focus is primarily gynecology, which focuses primarily on birth control, everyone's favorite topic. We have this fabulous text book this semester called Contraceptive Technologies which has a picture on the front cover of a giant egg being swarmed by tiny little sperm...anyway, I've been just devouring the book.  Read More »

I usually hate entering in the abortion debate, since it's rather clear that we have two sets of people who will not budge from their positions. But, this particular aspect of the debate just fueled my fury.  Read More »

A group called Colorado for Equal Rights obtained an estimated 103,000 signatures, much more than the 76,000 required, to put a measure on the Colorado November ballot that would legally define a fetilized egg as a person. The measure is now called Amendment 48 and would read as follows:  Read More »

I have always wondered, why is it so often that pro-lifers are anti-birth control and pro-choicers are the ones trying to keep women from getting pregnant in the first place? Now I have said before that my views on abortion come from my faith, and that is true. I am no advocate of baby killing, but I also believe that our Maker gives us freewill - plus, who am I to judge?  Read More »

Being a 21 year-old that is quite aware of the culture of sex we are immersed in, I find many folks' notion of sex hysterical, especially among my generation. There are so many inconsistencies surrounding pregnancy, STDs and birth control, so it's no wonder the pro-life movement is up in arms.  Read More »