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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
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Three cheers for Stephanie Coontz's piece in the New York Times today in defense of taking marriage private . She asks: Why do people—gay or straight—need the state’s permission to marry? For most of Western history, they didn’t, because marriage was Read More...
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Rachael, isn’t part of the issue that white-collar jobs tend to accommodate pumping and breastfeeding more than blue-collar or service industry jobs do? This piece , for instance, paints a stark contrast between female Starbucks execs who get to use a Read More...
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If early sex isn't necessarily bad sex , could we agree that it's usually a bad idea? I'm agnostic about calling parents, because it seems so case by case to me, in terms of the kids and the parental relationships involved . And I'm all for the release Read More...
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Torie, I agree that there’s no need to call the D.A.’s office on teenagers messing around, but I do think the parents of middle schoolers have a right to know the score, so to speak. I don’t what’s up in Portland, Maine, but they seem to be having trouble Read More...
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Alas, Dahlia, if you’re looking for a good argument for allowing condoms and not prescription birth control, I’m bound to disappoint. I somehow missed the info that the district has been passing out condoms for so long. At the risk of sounding like a Read More...
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The National Women’s Law Center and the Oregon Health & Science University released a truly grim report on Wednesday. Women’s health care in the U.S. is unsatisfactory overall, and no state earned a “satisfactory” grade for women’s health. The two Read More...
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Rachael, your post on the decision of a Portland, Maine, middle school to allow students to get prescription birth control without parental notification was prescient. Everyone’s gone bonkers toady and O’Reilly is hardly even the most unhinged . (Best Read More...
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Soon after reading Amanda’s post on Susan Orr’s appointment to head the Office of Population Affairs—the office in the Health and Human Services Department that oversees family planning—I read that the school board in Portland, Maine, has—by an astounding Read More...
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The beleaguered federal office that oversees family planning services just got another boss hostile to birth control. Among the depressing details : Susan Orr, the new appointee, was formerly a Senior Director at the Family Research Council, a group that Read More...
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