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...rule, which is scheduled to go into effect next month, would require parents to be notified whenever children under the age of 18 receive prescription contraceptives from a family planning clinic using federal funds. In question are the pill, intrauterine devices and the diaphragm. After notifying parents that their daughter had received contraceptives, a clinic would have to verify receipt of the notice before dispensing additional drugs or devices...
...Harvard Radcliffe. Here at Harvard-Radcliffe, abortion is a story about a few months of fear, a few days of doubt, a few hours or minutes of pain, and years and years of shame and guilt and ghosts. It is about any woman who forgets to take her pill or use her diaphragm or when her period comes; who makes a mistake or suffers a freak of chance. It is not question of stupidity so much as of ignorance, an ignorance on the parts of those around the woman an ignorance about the very stuff of the process and operation...
...sometimes reverse direction just before I eat a killer pill and then turn back and get it. This is tricky...But the rewards are worth it. When you do this. the monsters all reverse with you for a second, then come back... you don't run after them, they come to papa Big bonus for small action-that's what life's all about...
...most drastic of sterilization procedures remains a complex and dangerous operation. According to a 1972 American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, for every one million who undergo a hysterectomy, 1000 die and 150,000 have serious complications. This compares to 31 deaths and 600 serious complications for the pill and 9 deaths and 400 serious complications for IUD's. Nevertheless, many physicians actually encourage hysterectomy instead of tubal ligations or nonsurgical contraceptives...
...reporters who visited the university clinic complained of nervousness. anxiety and menstrual cramps. According to the reporters, they were given very brief examinations and prescribed a variety of medications, including a tranquilizer and a sleeping pill...