Leavitt's Actions On HHS Draft Rule Leave Possibility That It Will Be Used To Refuse Contraception, Opinion Piece Says (Medical News Today)

Although HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt in his final version of a proposed regulation that aims to protect health workers who refuse to participate in abortions based on religious beliefs dropped a sentence that could have included contraception in the definition of abortion, Leavitt also has "chose

Reproductive Health Bill robs country of greatest asset - CBCP (GMA News)

MANILA, Philippines - Priests say that the Reproductive Health Bill will rob the country of our greatest resource. Archbishop Paciano B. Ancieto, the chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life of the Catholic Bishops" Conference of the Philippines said that the Reproductive Health Bill currently being discussed in both houses is going to lessen the number of people in the country.

Agile Therapeutics Achieves Phase 2 Study Endpoints In Key Clinical Trials With New, Innovative Low-Dose Contraceptive ... (Medical News Today)

Agile Therapeutics, Inc., announced that it successfully completed two key clinical trials in the development of the company's new, innovative low-dose, once-weekly, contraceptive patch, which the company refers to by its internal product code AG-200-15.

Terrence Higgins Trust Is Giving Out Sex And Relationship Education Grants To Young People, UK (Medical News Today)

Sexual health and HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is inviting groups of young people aged 13-19 to apply for a grant to come up with innovative and creative ideas about how to educate their friends about relationships and sex. The deadline for applications is Monday 27th October.

Child Brides to Double in Next Decade (ABC News)

Researchers fear 100 million girls will suffer health problems including AIDS.

Scientists having success in predicting premature births (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

In Australia 70 per cent of deaths of newborn babies are related to them being premature, but until recently there has been no accurate way of picking which women will go into early labour.

Big risks for rising number of child brides: report (Reuters via Yahoo!7 Health)

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of girls in poor countries who marry before the age of 18 will double to 100 million in the next decade, putting many at risk from AIDS, a report said on Thursday.

Bone Mineral Density Concerns Should Not Discourage Use Of Contraceptive Shot (Medical News Today)

Concerns about the effects of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA)-the contraceptive shot-on bone mineral density (BMD) should not prevent clinicians from prescribing this method of contraception nor should its use be limited to two years, according to a new Committee Opinion released today by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

Health Calendar: 09/04/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)

The Health calendar is published weekly. Information to be included can be mailed to the Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685; faxed to 946-8632; e-mailed to sbeach@record-eagle.com or delivered to: 120 W. Front St. Traverse City.

Steve Blow: Maybe it's time to reevaluate abstinence-only sex education

I agree completely that the pregnancy of Sarah Palin's daughter shouldn't be politicized.

Terrence Higgins Trust Is Giving Out Sex And Relationship Education Grants To Young People, UK

Sexual health and HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust is inviting groups of young people aged 13-19 to apply for a grant to come up with innovative and creative ideas about how to educate their friends about ...

Pope Benedict XVI carries an organ donor card

Pope Benedict XVI is a card-carrying organ donor. The disclosure came after an article in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano , calling into question the concept of brain death as the end of life rather ...

Resignation threat over gay bishop appointment

A senior clergyman in Wales is threatening to resign if the openly gay Dean of St Albans is appointed Bishop of Bangor.

Homework on Sarh Palin

Palin has said she supports teaching both creationism and evolution in public schools, but not to the extent of adding creation-based alternatives to the required curriculum.

How about a little self-control?

Wow. Brendan McPhillips who are you? Obviously not someone who is able to "take into account the natural rhythms [of a woman's reproductive cycle] to regulate birth without offending the moral principles" of ...

Sarah Palin & Contraception?

Nina over at the forum asks about Sarah Palin being pro-contraception. I googled after she asked, but couldn't find a definitive answer besides the single source American Papist mentions here - no confirmation ...

Linky Links

A friend alerted me to Catholic Media House yesterday. They've got some of the cutest Bible videos: See this one on Daniel .

Contraception not the problem

When I made the decision to transfer to Notre Dame I knew that it would be a fairly conservative environment.

Morning-after pill scheme extends

A free service offering young women the morning-after pill has been extended to help cut unwanted teenage pregnancies and abortions in Leicester.