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I Support Trevor Dal Broi

By On October 14, 2009 · 2 Comments

If you live anywhere near East Griffith NSW (west of Syndey and north of Melbourne, I think) in Australia, bring your prescription to Trevor Dal Broi, one of many chemists (pharmacists) whose personal and moral beliefs (which happen to be religious) forbid him for prescribing contraception [...]

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Health Concerns Over Popular Contraceptives

By On October 4, 2009 · 8 Comments

This recent article in the New York Times starts by saying that popular contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin are at the top of the sales chart for Bayer Pharmaceuticals. They’re top sellers not just for their pregnancy-defying feats, but from their hyped up marketing which

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What if this was your only option for women's rights?

By On August 26, 2009 · 8 Comments

Thomas Peters over at American Papist cleverly posted his corrections on this ad:

This simple image signals a grave ignorance of

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Ditch the Pill

By On June 9, 2009 · 9 Comments

 Developed migraines since starting the Pill? Have you had a pesky blood clot go to your lung or brain? Those darn birth control Pills may have been at it again!

I just found this great web site, a feminist [...]

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Paul VI–4; Government Policies & Social Opinion–0

By On June 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Paul VI was right. To the decently well read and open-minded individual, it’s no surprise when people suggest that Pope Paul VI was right. In 1968 he made 4 predictions in section 17 of his letter to the world, Humanae Vitae, and

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Sex Sells…and Saves (Updated)

By On May 7, 2009 · 11 Comments

(Newly Updated 5/8/09)
ABC’s Nightline did a piece tonight on Christopher West and Theology of the Body tonight, and I tuned in to see how badly the media would mess it up.

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His Excellency Robert Carlson

Carslon links Vocations "Crisis" to Contraception

By On April 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The world won’t understand this, but I’ve just upgraded my opinion of Archbishop Robert Carlson, the newly appointed AB of St. Louis, Missouri. With this audio clip (fast-forward to 3:10), I’ve got from fan to uber fan to super duper fan.

I’m on a roll today on the link [...]

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The Green Guide to Family Planning

By On April 17, 2009 · 3 Comments

Los Alamos FertilityCare Blog has jumped on the green-marketing train with a great little summary of green reasons for natural methods of family planning. Well done!

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Problems with the Birth Control Pill

By On March 24, 2009 · 4 Comments

The Problems with The Birth Control Pill
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On Population & Dmitri Martin

By On March 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Via my bud Millinerd, a hilarious post commenting on anti-religious bigotry disguised as a rat-poison commercial via Comedy Central. He suggests an alternative, based on actual facts, [...]

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Yaz Birth Contol nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

By On February 21, 2009 · 4 Comments

I’m grateful for drugs. I really am. I take them, some as prescription and some over the counter. They’re not my friends, per se, but in a fallen world we sometimes–oftentimes–need them. But guess what? For every action there’s a reaction, for every cause an effect, and it’s not news to us that drugs–pharmaceuticals, prescriptions, [...]

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FertilityCare iPod: Contraception, pt. 3

By On February 9, 2009 · 9 Comments

Have you listened to the previous podcasts with Dr. Thomas Hilgers? Your FertilityCare Consultant extraordinaire is back in show nine of sixteen, and the third on contraception.

In this show, host Chris McGregor continues her discussion with Hilgers on the [...]

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