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...years, if a woman missed a birth-control pill, tore a condom or engaged in unprotected sexual intercourse, she was powerless to prevent pregnancy. The 1999 introduction of the emergency contraceptive Plan B, known as the “morning-after pill,” allowed some women to avert unintended pregnancy. But barriers to obtaining the emergency contraceptive—available by prescription only—precluded it from becoming a viable back-up plan for most women...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Make Plan B a Viable Option | 1/14/2004 | See Source »

...maybe one and a half chili peppers on the Mexican menu of sex, just be happy with that. Because trying to spice up your marriage is one of the most depressing, sex-drive-suppressing experiences possible. Being assigned this story was the best form of birth control I have ever tried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spicing It Up | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

...million cattle killed in the U.S. each year--something David Hegwood, head of the American delegation, rejected. Swift, the No. 3 meat-packer in the U.S., launched a traceability program two weeks ago that uses retina tracking but said its system would not cover cattle all the way from birth to the box until the summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Now, Mad Cow? | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

...husband is not the only one in the military," Audrey says, balancing her sleeping baby on her shoulder. "It's the whole family." She was devastated that Reg would not be home for Jared's birth, but she buried that sadness for the sake of her newborn and her son Brendon, 7. When he asks where Daddy went, she tells him, "He's helping the other kids in Iraq because they don't have all the things we have." She and Brendon recently collected some of his toys to donate to an orphanage in Iraq. "That really helped because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Those Left Behind, An Anxious Kinship | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

DIED. OTTO GRAHAM, 82, Hall of Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns during the team's Golden Age, from 1946 to 1955; of a heart aneurysm; in Sarasota, Fla. He set a state record at birth, weighing in at 14 lbs. 12 oz., and went on to outsized contributions on the football field, passing for 23,584 yds. and 174 touchdowns and leading the Browns to an astonishing 10 championship games in his 10 seasons with the team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Dec. 29, 2003 | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

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