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This month at Lively Women, we’re talking about the history of abortion in the US and around the world. Discussion is encouraged, and additional information and resources are welcomed. Please leave a comment!
Prior to the rise of surgical abortion performed by medical doctors, women were using everything from herbal concoctions to insertion of foreign instruments […]
Back in December, I reviewed the third and lastest of Meg Cabot’s Heather Wells mysteries, Big Boned. Heather is a size 12/14 pop-sensation-turned-residence-hall-director who solves, gulp, murders on a fictional college campus in New York. The funny and thoroughly entertaining books are packed with romance, suspense, and, yes, real body issues and acceptances.
In February, I’m […]
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 […]
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, […]
…and I have been sorely remiss in not reminding you of the importance of regular Pap smears and pelvic exams to catch cervical cancer in its early stages and maintain your overall gynecologic health.
We had a lot of controversy surrounding cervical health last year when Texas mandated the HPV vaccine Gardasil, manufactured by Merck, for […]
With domestic abuse on the rise worldwide, the issue is becoming a cause for concern in the workplace, particularly abuse of women. New York nonprofit organziation Safe Horizon has recruited 10 major companies to participate in its SafeWork 2010 national campaign to examine and help counter the impact that such abuse, usually to women, has […]
In a sad bit of irony, Frosted Flakes spokestiger Tony the Tiger was reported to have died after developing type 2 diabetes following decades of high-level sugar consumption.
According to the November 2007 report,
Sources close to Tony say report that the star hit a new low this June when Kellogg’s hinted that he would no […]
Our favorite body editor/editor mom tipped me off to this topic a few days ago, and I’ve been quietly following it ever since. So imagine my surprise and delight to find one of my fellow b5media bloggers quoted in a story about it in today’s NYT business section!
Excerpt: “While many individuals spoke to us about […]
Okay, this is one of those stories that evokes a big sigh and a “Kids today…” speech, despite the fact that I’m only 25 and supposedly still hip. Or whatever they call it now, those young whippersnappers.
A Facebook group called “30 Reasons Girls Should Call It a Night” features more than 172,000 members and close […]
Maybe we should be giving out condoms in taxis and clubs here in the US like they’re planning to do in the UK, because teen pregnancy rates are up for the first time in a decade and a half.
The birth rate had been dropping since its peak in 1991, although the decline had slowed in […]
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