What do parents believe about their teenager's sex lives, and how does that compare to reality? The conventions make their pitches to women, and Texas Medicaid patients are set to lose access to gynecological care.
All about the creepy inside workings of crisis pregnancy centers. Katie Stack talks about the Crisis Project and there's also clips from inside CPCs. Also: The sexism of this election cycle is completely out of control.
Republicans don't want the "war on women" narrative to take hold, but can't seem to stop it. Doctor Nerdlove stops in to talk about geeks, sex, and dating.
This week's Reality Cast is dedicated to the Todd Akin blow up: What it means, what the reaction is all about, and why "rape exceptions" aren't a thing anyway.
Jessica Grose exposes us to the very under-covered issue of prenatal depression. Romney picks a hardline anti-choice running mate, and Komen gets back into the news because of their attempts to fix their massive P.R. problem.
Audacia Ray explains why using condoms as evidence of prostitution is such a bad idea. Breast-feeding gets newly controversial in NYC and conservatives continue to complain about the contraception mandate.
The no copay contraception benefit began last week, and the controversy continues. Personhood USA hasn't given up on Oklahoma, and feminists are rising up inside the skeptic/atheist movement.
A lawyer from the Center for Reproductive Rights fills us in on what's going on with the last clinic in Mississippi. A new HIV prevention drug has limited uses and pregnancy testing in bars is a really bad idea.
Steph Herold will be on to talk about her new project chronicling women’s abortion stories. Mississippi’s battle over the last abortion clinic ends on a strange note, for now, and the nation actually has a somewhat productive conversation about rape jokes.
Why are so many women who want sterilizations not getting them? NPR memorializes 30 years of AIDS with a series of programs about the modern state of the disease. Red states are now moving to reject the ACA.
