Tag Archives: Contraception

Awesome free resource!

I am so thrilled with the free books available at Herperian.org. They are designed for ease of use and medical accuracy, and take into account limited resources in remote locations. Each of the books is available in multiple languages. I … Continue reading

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Reply turned post, Trisomy 18 and mental masturbation style

I can get really frustrated by people who enter into philosophical arguments about serious medical ethics questions online. Many of these people have a definite agenda, often controlling access to abortion, but try to couch it as some sort of … Continue reading

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All board review and no play…

I have my USMLE Step II CK on Saturday, and my COMLEX Step II CK August 1st. So, sorry I haven’t had time or mental functionality to blog much. I have tons of stuff I have wanted to share. Let’s … Continue reading

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Hands on in the boondocks

Howdy. I have been busy, as usual. Not only working at a new rotation site, which has been wonderful, but driving more than three hours a day to get to and from this site. Our medical school requires that we … Continue reading

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Reply turned post, IUDs as EC style

Sungold has a great post up at Kittywampus about the little known use of the copper IUD as emergency contraception. I wrote a reply, and figured I would share it here: No one seems familiar with this whenever I bring … Continue reading

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Race, pregnancy and birth, link round up and reply turned post

There has been a lot of comprehensive, thoughtful discussion of race and its intersection with reproduction on the intertubes recently. Do Black Women’s Reproductive Rights Matter? by Renee at Womanist Musings Race and the Rights of Childbearing Women by Jill … Continue reading

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The billboard in Atlanta

The first time I had heard of turning abortion into a racial genocide issue was during the run up to the 2008 election. I was at an Obama event in Miami that was centered around Women’s Issues, and a small … Continue reading

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Reproductive Coercion

An outreach person from Women in Distress came to our medical school this week. Women in Distress is the local recipient of the proceeds from our performance of The Vagina Monologues. I am going to be in my third production … Continue reading

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Thank you, Shark fu

What she said.

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Stopping by to say hi

I used to blog here, right? I had company in town and a lot of social commitments over the Thanksgiving holiday. I have had a few ideas for posts, but no time to write them. In the meantime, in light … Continue reading

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