by Carolyn Moynihan
The Obama administration thinks it can, but it has completely misdiagnosed the illness.
Forty years ago modern contraception was sold to women as part of a liberation package: at last they would be in control of their fertility and their lives. The pill was their passport to fewer children, economic independence and, as it soon appeared, the kind of sexual freedom that previously only men had enjoyed. Read more…
by Christopher O. Tollefsen
Contraception does not respond to an authentic healthcare need, and the state acts untruthfully and beyond its legitimate authority when it mandates contraception coverage.
In the drama of our recent debt crisis, a key announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services received inadequate attention: from now on, contraceptives (including the morning-after pill) and sterilization are to be considered “preventative” medicine and will be entirely covered, along with other forms of preventative medicine, by insurance policies, without co-pay.
Many religious leaders and academics worried that the new healthcare regulations would inadequately address the conscience concerns of religiously affiliated healthcare institutions. The worries about conscience were well-founded. While the new regulations provide exemptions for religious healthcare institutions, those exemptions are exceedingly narrowly drawn, and only apply to those institutions that primarily employ and serve those who share the religious tenets of the institution. This requirement will, it seems, effectively rule out most religious healthcare facilities, which, after all, serve all comers, and not just co-religionists. Read more…
by Marcus Roberts
Last week I mentioned that the number of centenarians is predicted to increase to over one million in five different countries by 2100. I thought that this was, in part at least, a testimony to better medical practices and aged care in many parts of the world. Read more…
by Dale O’Leary
A key player in the prevention controversy documents how the AIDS establishment has betrayed the developing world.
Harvard University researcher Edward Green rose to prominence in the AIDS controversy with his 2003 book, Rethinking AIDS Prevention. His new book, Broken Promises: How the AIDS Establishment has Betrayed the Developing World, chronicles the continuing battle over how to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Green, a key player in the struggle, documents how two radically different strategies have competed for funding and support. Read more…
Dr J has already written a blog article on this subject. We’ve also podcasted her Issues, Etc interview on the topic, and it’s available here.
It’s always interesting to me how we’re moving to extensively regulate what kids eat in schools, the subjects they can take, the games they play at recess, the equipment they wear when riding a bike or playing sports, and the messages they receive about cigarettes and drugs. Yet when it comes to sex, the experts say to give them a condom and let them figure it out. Why the inconsistency?
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Sixties sex symbol Raquel Welch has blamed the contraceptive pill for the breakdown of sexual morality.
Welch believes the use of oral contraception, which became available in the 60s, has encouraged promiscuity and young people no longer care about the institute of marriage, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Read more…
The thought of kids having kids is really disturbing to me. I had my first child when I was 25, and I can say, it’s serious business. I can’t imagine doing it while trying to go to high school or even college. And who is really going to be raising these children anyhow? My guess is, the grandmothers. Let’s do a survey of how mothers of pregnant teens feel about teen pregnancy.
The picture a 13-year-old boy sitting next to his baby, which accompanied an article on this topic a while back, still burns in my memory. It was such a heart-wrenching sight. The thirteen-year-old looked so tiny. Plus his face spoke volumes of “What have I gotten myself into?” This dad is still asking to have his pb and j cut into triangles and for rides to the library. I wouldn’t let a 13-year-old boy babysit my toddlers. Babies deserve more. Read more…
Categories: abstinence, Babies, Birth Control, Chastity, Condomism, Hook-up, Pregnancy, Sex Education, Single Parents, Teenagers Tags: babies, birth control, condoms, contraception, sex, teen pregnancy, Teenagers
by Stuart Koehl
May 9, the fiftieth anniversary of the birth control pill’s approval, is being celebrated in the mainstream media by both feminists and environmentalists enamored of zero population growth. The pill is often considered the root cause of the sexual revolution, with some opining that, but for the pill, much of the sexual anarchy of the last forty years might have been avoided. But is this true, or did the pill merely accelerate moral and sexual trends already present in society? Read more…
There seem to be a class of people who believe that any problem in the world can be solved if only there were enough condoms.
One problem with this theory is that condoms might not properly fit the pre-teen set. The Swiss have come up with a brilliant solution.
Extra small condoms for boys as young as 12 could soon be on our shelves. Read more…
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