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Archive for the ‘Abortion’ Category

February 5th, 2008

New Series: A History of Abortion in the US and Worldwide

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

Degree of Religiousness Predicts Likelihood of Abortion

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, […]

By Kristen King -- 1 comment

November 27th, 2007

Can Your Doctor Refuse to Treat You on Moral Grounds?

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

Abortion Equally Prevalent Whether Legal or Illegal

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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