Emergency Contraception Archives – Page 6 of 10

Romney Turns Around; Rapes on Rise in West Africa

By Karen James ● Arts & Culture ● December 11, 2005

Cheers

Anti-choice Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts supported a new state law requiring hospitals to offer emergency contraception to rape victims after he initially opposed it, the Associated Press reported.

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New Prenatal Tests Raise Hopes and Fears

By Molly Ginty ● Health & Science ● November 29, 2005

Recently developed prenatal tests can detect genetic abnormalities and peg gender earlier than ever before. But some health advocates are concerned these tests could increase the number of selective abortions and even lead to “designer babies.”

GAO Says Plan-B Politics Trumped Science at FDA

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● November 15, 2005

Political appointees at the FDA–not agency scientists–decided in 2004 that over-the-counter marketing of emergency contraception would not be allowed, a GAO report released yesterday said.

A Woman to Lead Liberia; Probe of FDA Withdrawn

By Karen James ● Arts & Culture ● November 12, 2005

(WOMENSENEWS)–

Cheers

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf became Africa’s first elected woman president after winning Liberia’s presidential election Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. She declared victory Thursday night, despite claims from her opponent, George Weah, that her campaign stuffed ballot boxes and tainted the election results. Election monitors have found no signs of fraud.

Mothers at Work Are Canaries in the Mine

By Charlotte Fishman ● Arts & Culture ● October 19, 2005

Working mothers may be shortchanged, off-balance and fun-deprived, but Charlotte Fishman says they are also at the forefront of another dynamic social movement. Too bad a recent front-page New York Times article missed that angle.

Plan B Activists Prepare for Next Battle at FDA

By Molly Ginty ● Uncategorized ● October 10, 2005

During a public comment period that ends Nov. 1, advocates are pushing the acting FDA commissioner to ease over-the-counter access to emergency contraception. The previous FDA chief delayed access in August, then suddenly resigned on Sept. 23.

Cancer Vaccine Works; Sex Assaults Flood Reserves

By Karen James ● Arts & Culture ● October 8, 2005

Clinics in Mexico Stock ‘Morning-After Pill’

By Theresa Braine ● Uncategorized ● September 22, 2005

Inclusion of the so-called morning-after pill on the list of required medicines in Mexico’s public health clinics has provoked threats of excommunication from the Catholic hierarchy. Users and health professionals applaud the move.

FDA Official Resigns Over Plan B

By Allison Stevens ● Uncategorized ● September 1, 2005

Critics are calling the FDA’s decision to hold a public comment period on easing access to emergency contraception a stalling tactic. Yesterday the director of the FDA’s women’s health office resigned in protest.

The Wait in a Catholic Hospital After Rape

By Nevyn OKane ● Commentary ● August 11, 2005

Nevyn O’Kane accompanies his wife, a sexual assault counselor, to a Catholic hospital and waits to see if the rape victim will receive emergency contraception.