“Birth control” on The Daily Caller

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is taking on GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney over his criticism of President Barack Obama’s birth control coverage mandate. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A political adviser to President Barack Obama said Tuesday the administration didn’t intend to “abridge anyone’s religious freedom” with its regulation requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control for their workers. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age. (more)

On Thursday President Barack Obama defended his administration’s 11th-hour decision to keep in place an age restriction on the sale of the “morning after” birth control pill. (more)

WASHINGTON – Health officials are weighing stricter labels on the widely used new generation of birth control pills, based on data showing they may put women at a higher risk of dangerous blood clots. (more)

The nation’s capital may soon allow residents to purchase birth control without a prescription, reports The Washington Post. (more)

According a recent study, there is no strong evidence that the Pill will make you fat. (more)

A controversial new form of emergency contraception known as “ella” is now available to American women for the first time, the company selling the drug announced Wednesday. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law. (more)

Despite all the talk of China’s inevitable ascendancy, the seeds are being sown for its potential decline. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Friday approved a new type of morning-after contraceptive that works longer than the current leading drug on the market. (more)

Dozens of states are passing or debating new restrictions on abortion, a trend fueled in part by passage of the nation’s new health care law. (more)

A new undercover video reveals medically inaccurate abortion counseling at a tax-funded Milwaukee Planned Parenthood clinic. The video, released by youth-led pro-life group Live Action, records Planned Parenthood staff distorting basic facts of fetal development and pressuring a woman to have an abortion. (more)

Abstinence education is back in the headlines, prompted by a new study that shows such intervention can reduce teen sexual activity in the long term. (more)

“Our videos have results in a Planned Parenthood staff firing, resignation, and the Birmingham Planned Parenthood clinic being placed on probation for 9 legal violations,” say the creators of the clip, Live Action Films. LAF has created a string of videos documenting the failure of various Planned Parenthood clinics to report instances of child abuse to states, as required by law. In this clip, a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic appears to counsel a 14-year-old statutory rape victim to not mention her 31-year old rapist to authorities. (more)

Almost half of all women who use a popular injected contraceptive lose a significant amount of bone mass within two years, and researchers now say the greatest risk is to smokers, women who don’t consume enough calcium and those who have never gone through a pregnancy. (more)