On Sunday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law which allows minors to access STD-prevention services, including the now highly political HPV vaccine, without parental consent.
A new poll in honor of "Let's Talk Month," finds that parents are talking to their kids about sex but many are avoiding important topics, including birth control. If we are going to put a dent in teen pregnancy and STD rates, we have to talk about it all.
Personhood amendments are clearly intended to attack the legality of the birth control pill. The argument for why is a scientific sham, because the pill doesn't kill fertilized eggs. So why aren't pro-choicers saying so?
Samhita Mukhopadhyay explains why dating is ruining your love life. SlutWalk draws good people and bad coverage, and "Grey's Anatomy" portrays abortion both sympathetically and realistically.
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