Birth Control Pills Reviews

The battle is raging in Washington state as a federal judge ruled pharmacies are not obligated to sell the morning after pill if they have moral objections. Personally, I think a store of any kind should be able to sell what ever it wants. Washington state thinks different. They wanted to “enforce” a rule making emergency contraception available in every pharmacy.

The language and argument reek of pro-choice and pro-life camps when it isn’t necessary. If an owner doesn’t want to sell something they don’t have to. We don’t need a rule or law forcing them to think like someone else. Besides if I can’t find what I want at one place, I’ll look for a place that has it.

One of the argument is the morning after mill it “tantamount to abortion”. As unsavory as abortion in any form may be, it’s still legal. The real issue is the lack of education young people get about pregnancy and the responsibilities that come with sexual relationships.

Properly educated people make better decisions and they don’t have to go for a “quick fix” The sad part is that a person can become accustomed to quick fix and anyone whose been around a while knows the quick fix is gone as fast is it came.

Read the story here. You may have scroll down a bit because they don’t have individual pages for the local digest.

seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004068628_dige13m.html

The deficit reduction act of 2005 had the side effect of affecting birth control pill prices at colleges. Columbia has decided to raise the prices for those in their health care plan. Dartmouth decides to keep birth control free fro students. This is a little weird to me since Columbia is one of the biggest property owners of manhattan’s upper west side, including Harlem, making them a fat cat.I don’t know how much cash Dartmouth has but it seems like they’ve their priorities pointing in a different direction than Columbia.More…

Dartmouth has their stand…

“Although the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 has led students at other colleges to encounter stiff cost increases in birth control, Dartmouth has maintained its policy of providing birth control for free to students under the Dartmouth Student Group Health Plan.” thedartmouth.com/2007/11/28/news/birthcontrol/

Columbia has theirs…

“Many U.S. students have seen a sharp rise in the cost of their contraception lately, a consequence of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, effective at the start of this year. At Columbia, women have had to account for the price increases on their own, as Health Services can no longer afford to provide for discounted forms of birth control and emergency contraceptives. For the moment, Barnard College Health Services is still able to offer low prices through stockpiles of these medications, but these stores are limited. Although the only real way to ensure cheap birth control for all students is to address the effects of the 2005 DRA through further legislation, Columbia and Barnard College Health Services should be granted the resources to ensure that such stockpiles are maintained in the interim. The financial pinch felt by many Columbia women in the past year is strong evidence that the University should take immediate action and ensure that its students’ health is fully protected.”
www.columbiaspectator.com/?q=node/28316

Found this on AOL from NBC San Diego and it’s NEW! uploaded a few days ago. No, it’s not ready yet. This is hormone based.

Male Birth-Control Pill Closer To Reality

“Researchers attending a pharmaceutical convention in San Diego announce that the future of male contraception may come in a pill form.”

For some reason the “embed” link doesn’t work…it does something dumb which is to have you copy then past the link to see the vid.
Here’s the link to the vid:

video.nbcsandiego.com/player/?id=183524

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Birth control pills aren’t as effective as they used to be. This mainly due to the lower dosages of estrogen. What do you get from a birth control pill that’s now 98% effective instead of 99% effective…fewer instances of side effects. High estrogen levels is what caused the Ortho Evra birth control patch side effects and lawsuits.

Here is the story and the news video: cbs4denver.com/seenon/local_story_023191711.html

BTW news organizations SUCK. You have to go to their site to watch the vid…That’s just silly…especially when they offer an embed link so you could watch it here on the site!

This story is a year old but it’s important for anyone making a decision.

Check this out too:

Because of the lower effectiveness, the FDA is thinking about setting standards in birth control drugs. Read that story. Then they decide it may be a bad idea…as usual…they can’t figure out what they want to do.

This could be welcome news to some or damn scary to others.

Freed from that pesky period

“Now that the birth control pill Lybrel has been approved, women can view their monthly period as another lifestyle choice. Several contraceptives already tinker with menstruation; Lybrel, which got the nod last week and will arrive in pharmacies in July, would stop them altogether.”

Read the story here: health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/070527/4lybrel.htm

The pill for men! Well, not right away. It’s 2007 not 1967…I would think we’ve advanced far enough that creating contraceptives for men wouldn’t take so long…at least it’s on the way. BTW this story is a bout a year old but I STILL don’t see where you can actually buy them. It’ll be interesting to see what happens.

Also the story at ABC Here: abcnews.go.com/Health/OnCall/story?id=2683691

I was looking for news when I came across this site. I had now idea there was this many different ways birth control for men was being looked at, researched and studied. I’m hoping this stuff get out of newspapers and labs and into drug stores and peoples minds. This will be the first site in my blogroll

“We believe that men can, and should, have access to contraceptive options beyond condoms and vasectomies.”

Heres the site:
www.malecontraceptives.org/