February 5th, 2008
Sit and drink pennyroyal teaDistill the life that’s inside of me
- "Pennyroyal Tea," Nirvana, In Utero
Did you know that pennyroyal was used for hundreds of years to induce abortion? Did you also know that the earliest recorded recipe for an abortion-inducing medication was in 2600 BCE?* It’s a hot topic now, but it’s been around […]
By Kristen King -- 13 comments
January 30th, 2008
A new study in Social Science Quarterly indicates that women who identify themselves as more religious are less likely to undergo an abortion than their nonreligious counterparts. The study indicates that this is partially because religious women are less likely to get pregnant outside of marriage and more likely to get married if they do.
Interestingly, […]
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November 27th, 2007
This is a topic I read about in a recent issue of one of my many magazines, and I can’t find the one: doctors refusing to prescribe birth control and other treatments because it conflicts with their religious beliefs.For religious reasons, I as a patient refuse certain treatments, but I was shocked to learn that […]
By Kristen King -- 3 comments
October 17th, 2007
Thanks to my friend Tara for forwarding me CNN Health’s recent comments on the commonality of abortion where it’s illegal compared with where it’s legal.
In a study examining abortion trends from 1995 to 2003, experts also found that abortion rates are virtually equal in rich and poor countries, and that half of all abortions worldwide […]
By Kristen King -- 4 comments
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