Presidential Campaign-Political Issues-Santorum Backer-Contraception-Rick Santorum

Santorum backer apologizes for contraception remark

Republican presidential candidate Santorum is greeted by supporters at a rally in Shelby Township

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Rick Santorum's main financial backer apologized on Friday for a comment about how women should use contraception, the latest spark in a debate over birth control in the presidential campaign. Foster Friess, who has given over $380,000 to the pro-Santorum Super PACs, said on television this week that people were focused too much on sex instead of other political issues such as jobs and terrorism. "This contraceptive thing - my gosh it's so ... inexpensive. Back in my days they used Bayer aspirin for contraception. ... read more..

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Healthday News-Contraception-Birth Control

More Than Half of Teens Who Gave Birth Weren't Using Contraception: CDC

THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (Healthday News) -- Slightly more than half of U.S. teenaged girls who had a child between 2004 and 2008 did not use Birth Control, and a third didn't think they could get pregnant at the time, a new government study finds. read more..

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The New England Journal Of Medicine-Plan B Emergency Contraception-Shippensburg University

The Good and Bad of Contraception Via Vending Machine

COMMENTARY | According to the Associated Press, all students at Shippensburg University need to do to get Plan B emergency Contraception is insert $25 into the slot and wait for the drug to drop out of the vending machine where it is sold alongside condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests. I can't decide if that's a good idea or not. read more..

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Gonorrhea Resistant to Antibiotics Rising

Wondering what could be the newest potential superbug? Gonorrhea, it seems. A new editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine highlighted the concern for the rising rate of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea in the U.S.  The increases were most prominent in people living in the western... read more..

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