Feds now back morning-after pills for all girls
NEW YORK (AP) - The Obama administration said it will comply with a judge's order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions...
b condoms and 'Uncle Luke' partner to support safe sex
CLUTCH - Today, b condoms, the only black-owned condom company, announced a partnership with Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell. Campbell is donating 5,000 Platinum XL b condoms to a Miami, Fl area non-profit organization this summer...
Ohio state senator wears T-shirt saying 'GOP: Get out of my panties'
theGRIO REPORT - Ohio's Republican state lawmakers are renewing their efforts to strip $1.7 million in funding from Planned Parenthood, but Democrat state senator Nina Turner is not having any of it...
Alarming breast cancer rates among troops
Military Times - Men and women in the armed forces have lower rates of most cancers -- except breast cancer, that is. Breast cancer is affecting not only women in the armed forces at alarming rates, but male service members and veterans as well
How birth control has saved lives worldwide
theGRIO REPORT - Effective use of birth control alone could eliminate the 47,000 maternal deaths caused each year by unsafe abortions...
A widower’s dangerous attack on birth control
OPINION - Mike Yard, comedian and widower of 36-year-old plus-size model/actress, Mia Amber Davis, is reportedly suing his late wife's obstetrician-gynecologist for prescribing her birth control pills...
Teen pregnancy rates now lower than ever
A new study from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that rates of teen pregnancy are down the lowest they have been in almost 70 years...
Fluke: Limbaugh attempts to silence women 'clearly failed'
Sandra Fluke has spoken out on the controversy surrounding her testimony before the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, where she defended access to contraception...
Are Democrats too eager to abandon Obama?
theGRIO REPORT - The quick, public retreat from Democrats emboldened Republicans to increase their volume in attacking the president. And it suggests that even in an election year, Democrats are likely to air public criticisms of the president...
Obama revises birth control policy amid uproar
theGRIO REPORT - The White House had long anticipated the controversy, which in effect pitted women's rights groups, who strongly support expanding access to contraception, against Catholic bishops and activist...
