Headline Washington, Thursday 8 December 2011- President Obama, who took office pledging to put science ahead of politics, averted a skirmish with conservatives in the nation’s culture wars on Thursday by endorsing his health secretary’s decision to block over-the-counter sales of an after-sex contraceptive pill to girls under age 17. www.truth-out.org No doubt you’ve heard of the … Continue reading
If you were a woman between the years of 15-25 and in the market for an oral contraceptive, you might very well ask your doctor for a product called “Yaz”, and you’d have plenty of company. The maker of Yaz, Bayer Health Care Pharmaceuticals, enjoys $1.8 billion in sales from the drug annually. No wonder. … Continue reading
