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• Teaching Abstinence Doesn’t Work: Palin’s Preggo Kid.

  This is a topic that’s not gonna get a lot of play from the Obama camp. People would call bringing a 17-year-old pregnant girl into a political debate just mean. I don’t care; I think it needs to be discussed because Bristol Palin’s situation launches a fiery hot cannonball right into the heart of Sarah Palin’s social policy: Abstinence training doesn’t work.   Sarah Palin will possibly be our vice president and her policy on teen sex is abstinence, which is no policy. Condoms, diaphragms and birth control pills are not the devil’s work... Read More... Posted Sep 05 2008, 09:00 AM by Cole Gamble with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: birth control, george bush, condoms, teen pregnancy, family values, abstinence, teen sex, election, obama, John McCain, safe sex, president, birds and bees, sarah palin, Vice President, bristol palin, diaphrams, christian right

• Condom Maker Offers $1Mil to Miley Cyrus to Sell Rubbers

  Lifestyles condoms has offered 1 million dollars to Hannah Montana to rep their product in an effort to get more teens to use them. In addition to the payday, Lifestyles is also offering Miley a lifetime supply of the condoms.... Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 10:00 AM by Cole Gamble with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: disney, Vanity Fair, birth control, condoms, hannah montana, girls gone wild, miley cyrus, billy ray cyrus, teen sex

• Is Mother Earth Pro-Choice?

  People rarely link sex to global warming. But any activity that occurs 215 million times a day is bound to affect global health. And it’s high time we started talking about it, according to environmentalist and author Robert Engleman, who has a new book called More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want. In an interview with Reuters, Engleman discussed the delicacy of bringing this issue into mainstream dialogue: “[E]ven to bring it up, as an issue, it sounds as though you are telling other people how many children to have, and that is unforgivable as reproduction and having children is so sensitive and so personal.” Read More... Posted Jul 04 2008, 10:30 AM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: contraception, environment, condoms, reproductive freedom, birth rate, nature, climate change, global warming, overpopulation, pro-life, access to reproductive health care, and what women want, more: population, reproductive heath care, population control, save the planet, robert engleman

• Pro-Life Pharmacy won't sell birth control

  DMC Pharmacy, can we help you? Oh, you want birth control pills. I'm sorry, we can't help you with that. No, we don't sell condoms either. How about this pamphlet on the Rhythm Method? Perhaps a new Bible? Hello? Hello, are you there? The DMC Pharmacy in Chantilly, Virginia, is a Pharmacy with a Point of View. Basically, if you're going to "do it," you should be prepared for the pitter-patter of little feet. That means no condoms, no birth control pills, no morning after pill – nada. Zip. The "family planning" aisle will be filled with rosary beads, Left Behind novels and... Read More... Posted Jun 18 2008, 10:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: news, religion, christianity, Virginia, birth control, church, abortion, condoms, family planning, Catholicism, planned parenthood, Washington Post, God, Brett Singer, catholic, belief, birth control pill, eternal hellfire, right of conscience, Thomas More Society, Tom Brejcha, ru486, pharmacist, drugstore, chantilly, pharmacy, religious beliefs, da vinci code, morning after pill, plan b, dmc pharmacy, drug stores

• Down with “The Herp”: 1 in 4 New Yorkers Has Herpes

  Hey New Yorkers, I got a fun and quick game for ya. Gather up three of your friends. Now take a good look at the circle of you. One of you has herpes. See, wasn’t that fun? According to  the New York Health Department, over a quarter of the Big Apple’s denizens has got the magic touch. Now you might be saying, “Oh they must be including cold sores as herpes.” Nope, that 26% number is all gential herpes.  This is compared to a national average of…      Read More... Posted Jun 13 2008, 11:00 AM by Cole Gamble with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: condoms, teen pregnancy, New York, abstinence, STDs, safe sex, herpes

• Estrogen Cream: A “Natural Condom”

  Is there anything that penis cream can’t do? Many times I have asked myself that question, and I'm beginning to think the answer is no. University of Melbourne researchers have examined the possibilities of using estrogen to reduce the risk of contracting HIV, with some promising, though still inconclusive, findings. Read More... Posted Jun 05 2008, 09:41 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: condoms, HIV, STDs, penis, sexually transmitted infections, estrogen cream, AIDS prevention, keratin, risk of contracting HIV, natural condom, penis cream

• Kids Suspended for Wearing Condoms to School

  Yeah, I saw this headline and wondered just how many ways you can wear a condom in public without it being...well, you know. So, would you have guessed that the condoms were decorating t-shirts? Me neither. Oh well. Slightly disappointing, that, but what's not in the least disappointing is the fact that two girls wore condom-decorated t-shirts to school in order to protest the wimpy abstinence-only sex-ed program at their middle school. Too bad the school took a dim view of the protest and sent the girls home.   Read More... Posted Feb 10 2008, 09:40 AM by Karen Murphy with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, middle school, condoms, MomLogic, Cheyenne Bird, abstinence-only education, safe sex, Vacationictoria Shoemaker

• Unplanned Pregnancies Rise With Age

  The good news is teen pregnancies are down. The I-kind-of-don’t-care news is unintended pregnancies for adult women are up. But I might be a little defensive since my first pregnancy, at 31, was a surprise. It’s important, though, to know the numbers and understand the trends, particularly at a time when reproductive rights seem up in the air and access to birth control is legally at the whim of what could be a self-righteous pharmacist. Let’s break it down: Read More... Posted Sep 17 2007, 06:13 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: birth control, unplanned pregnancy, condoms, teen pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy

• Water + Condoms + Digital Cameras = More Than a Paris Hilton First Date

  Desperate to know just one more use for condoms? No no no, this is much better than water balloons or silly, inflated hats for the kids! Now you can use condoms to waterproof your digital camera. How cool is that? The just-launched DIY Life blog has all the (ahem) tips you need for protecting your goods (sorry) so you can take lovely aquatic pictures with your precious gear (last one, I swear). You''ll only need two condoms, wet suit glue, a cardboard tube and a dessicant bag to double-seal your camera, and the instructions seem fairly straight-forward and simple. And just think, if you decide to make this a fun and scientific craft project with the children, you will have the opportunity to hammer out the answers to lots of kid questions while you're at it. And if you choose to make this an adult mission, you will have the opportunity to make lots of stupid/hilarious/eyeroll-worthy jokes along the way. Now go at it and practice safe submersion! Posted Jul 17 2007, 04:18 PM by Jessica Ashley (Sassafrass) with | with no comments Filed under: DIY, condoms, hacks, digital cameras, diy life

• Sex Education: Lawmaker Attempts to Find Middle Ground

  The battle between abstinence-only and sex health education in public schools wages on.   A bill proposed in the Washington State Legislature seeks to find a middle ground by promoting both.  The bill sponsor, Representative Shay Schual-Berke, argues that insufficient or incorrect health information taught in public schools leads to unplanned pregnancies and STDs.  Approximately 25% of new HIV cases occur in people under age 22.  What kids don't learn from parents and educators they learn from each other. In order to accomodate the demands of abstinence-only groups, the  Healthy Youth Act proposes to combine abstinence messages with "if you do choose to have sex, here is important information."  Let's hear it for trying to find a middle ground in this terribly incendiary debate. Posted Feb 02 2007, 04:21 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Sex, abstinence-education, condoms, sex education