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contraceptive access

March 15th 2010

Female Condom Distribution - What's to Debate?

Nothing gets my blood boiling quite as much as a man disparaging the idea that girls and women need better methods of preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and pregnancy.

This happened in last Saturday’s Washington Post when a letter writer took issue with a March 6 story describing Washington health officials’ plan to distribute free female condoms in neighborhoods with a high incidence of HIV infection.

February 5th 2010

What's a Girl Got to Do to Get Birth Control?

The other night I was having dinner with Polly Pocket.

Me: “Sorry I didn’t call you back last night. I was on my way to a birthday party.”

Polly Pocket: “No problem. I was just calling to vent anyway.”

Me: “Is everything okay?”

Polly Pocket: “I’m in a fight with the pharmacy and my lady doctor for holding my birth control hostage.”

“Have you called in the FBI negotiator?” I giggled.

Polly Pocket: “We are not in the joking place about this.”

Me: “Oh, sorry. Okay, tell me what happened.”

The story goes like this: