Birth Control Archives

Environment

Fight Climate Change by Fighting for Women’s Rights

It's time to stop focusing on population growth as the cause of our environmental problems. It’s not the main culprit, and the women of the world are already doing all they can to slow it. They just need more support.

Diana Liverman

Social Justice

An Evolutionary Explanation for Fear of Female Promiscuity

Researchers in England find a link between sexual morality and women’s economic dependence on men.

Tom Jacobs

News in Brief

Should All Companies Be Required to Provide Birth Control Benefits to Employees?

A reading list on the Hobby Lobby cases.

Nina Martin

Social Justice

Let’s Take a Moment to Talk About the Good Side Effects of Birth Control

As a way to politicize the issue, most media coverage of birth-control methods is focused on the potential complications of use, but far more women experience positive benefits, including cancer prevention and menstrual regulation.

Jessica Kiley

Social Justice

Make Health Care, Not Birth Control, the Priority

Claiming that our inbred propensity to war can be prevented by aggressively reducing the birth rate is a de facto declaration of war on the world's poor.

Steven W. Mosher

Social Justice

Make Birth Control, Not War

The human tendency toward war is based on biology, but the right family planning policies can redirect the world toward peace.

Thomas Hayden and Malcolm Potts

Social Justice

The Lessons of Gloucester, or It’s About Gender, Stupid

A 'pregnancy pact' among high school sophomores suggests conventional sex education has some explaining to do. An international consultant on adolescent sexual health offers direction for where changes should be heading.

Deborah Rogow