#contraception

Ours is next

“The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women off from access to #contraception.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/health/usaid-contraception-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Millions of #Women Will Lose Access to #Contraception as a Result of #Trump Aid Cuts

The United States was a key supplier of #contraceptives in many developing countries. The Trump administration has ended that support.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/health/usaid-contraception-cuts.html

A scrap of good news from the government:

#MAP #Contraception #HealthcareAI
Morning-after pill to be made free at pharmacies in England - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8eprd9n5plo

Les années 60 n’ont pas seulement vu naître des mouvements contestataires politiques ou culturels. Cette période fut aussi celle où les femmes ont dit : "Assez". Et le monde n’a plus jamais été tout à fait le même. Le combat se poursuit et n'est pas terminé !

#quebec #france #rh #emploi #job #femmes #avortement #contraception #femme #woman #féminisme #feminism #mastodon #news #nouvelles #europe

https://mesplaisirs.com/liberte-egalite-sororite-les-60s-reveillent-aussi-le-feminisme/

Gilead's free Women would like to know how soon you can roll this out and can you do it on the sly?

Imagine voting for your fellow Sisters to have to go through all this, such spite....I will never understand it.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/24/scientists-develop-injection-for-long-lasting-contraceptive-implant

#Contraception

“The technology (sic: fertility apps) has been criticized by medical professionals who say it is not reliable to avoid pregnancy because menstrual cycles are unpredictable. Some are 28 days while others are shorter or longer. Stressors can also throw off timing.”
#Fertility #Contraception #ReproHealth #WomensHealth #Canada

Canadian gynecologists concerned social media is reshaping perspectives about effective contraception methods
“The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada issued a statement last fall outlining its concerns about social media influencers promoting fertility tracking apps as substitutes for hormonal contraception”
#Contraception #Fertility #Canada #FactsMatter
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-gynecologists-concerned-social-media-is-reshaping/

#Hawaii Takes a Stand for Privacy: #HCR144 / #HR138 Calls for Investigation of Crisis #Pregnancy Centers

resolution calling for the Hawaii AG to investigate whether crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are violating patient #privacy laws

Often referred to as "fake clinics" or “unregulated pregnancy centers”, these are non-medical centers that provide free pregnancy tests & counseling, but typically do not offer essential #reproductive care like abortion or #contraception.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/hawaii-takes-stand-privacy-hcr-144hr-138-calls-investigation-crisis-pregnancy

Je n’en parlerai pas demain lors du webinaire dans lequel j’interviens à l’invitation de l’Ecole des hautes études en santé publique #EHESP et au cours duquel il sera question de l’histoire des mobilisations pour la liberté de procréer à #rennes de 1965 à 1975. C’est à 13h et c’est ouvert à toustes, voir lien https://www.ehesp.fr/campus/webinaires-du-mardi/ #histoire #contraception #avortement #choisir #MLAC #histfem #8mars

Avant les années 1960-1970, les mouvements néo-malthusiens s’étaient mobilisés pour informer et convaincre sur la régulation des naissances et sur le choix d’avoir des enfants ou pas, à base d’arguments sur l’émancipation des femmes et des classes populaires et sur le temps libéré pour militer contre l’oppression. Avec joie j’ai trouvé trace dans les fonds des #archives départementales d’Ille-et-Vilaine d’une conférence donnée sur ce thème à #Fougeres le 14 decembre 1907 : https://millefeuillesdebretagnesite.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/conference-de-la-ligue-de-la-regeneration-humaine-a-fougeres-le-14-decembre-1907/ #contraception #anarchie #anarchisme #Librepensee #neomalthusianisme #histoire #histfem

So, on the opposite end, this #Michigan lawmaker chose #Sterilization, and is receiving #DeathThreats?!! This is truly insanity! Beyond #idiocracy!

Death threats follow Michigan Democratic lawmaker’s decision to have herself sterilized

Story by Andrew Roth, 2/11/2025

"Michigan state Rep. #LauriePohutsky (D-Livonia) said she’s received death threats after revealing during a rally last week that she underwent voluntary sterilization because she was concerned about the future of reproductive health care during President Donald Trump’s second term in office.

"Pohutsky’s comments during a #50501Movement rally in Lansing last week quickly spread across the internet, including among right wing media circles. The rally was part of a national movement that aimed to hold 50 protests in 50 states on one day.

"'I refuse to let my body be treated as currency by an administration that only sees value in my ability to procreate,' Pohutsky said during the rally, emphasizing that 'a sitting government official opted for voluntary sterilization because she was uncertain she would be able to access #contraception in the future.'

"Pohutsky’s social media profiles were quickly bombarded with hostile comments.

"In one voicemail left with her office, a caller says that “godless people” are going to be “eliminated” and warns Pohutsky that she is “on notice.”

"Some of the threats have been referred to law enforcement to investigate, Pohutsky said.

"Pohutsky said that U.S. Rep. #RashidaTlaib (D-Detroit) reached out to her after the speech gained traction online, noting that Tlaib is no stranger to viral moments or receiving threats.

"The speech also garnered the attention of conservatives on a national level, including Ben Shapiro, who said of Pohutsky, “So many broken people.”

"The fourth-term House member responded to Shapiro, saying “I think the broken people are the ones who are personally aggrieved by my personal health care decision.”

"Pohutsky said she and her husband decided last year that they were done having children and began exploring options for more permanent forms of birth control, citing her concern after Trump won the election about being able to continue to access the contraception she had been using."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/death-threats-follow-michigan-democratic-lawmaker-s-decision-to-have-herself-sterilized/ar-AA1yPmKK
#USPol #reproductiverights #Fascism #BodilyAutomony #ReproductiveAutonomy #Sterilization

Are women giving up on the pill? The answer(s) is/are complicated and also influenced by misinformation.
#Fertility #contraception #WomensHealth

https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2025/feb/22/the-pill-hasnt-been-improved-in-years-no-wonder-women-are-giving-up-on-it?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

@uichelorraine Ben c'est étrange mais il y a un truc de ce genre.
Alors moi j'ai opté pour l'anneau thermique (on évite le passage à l’hôpital et on peut changer d'avis normalement).
J'ai posté des choses sous : #monandroswitch
#contraceptionmasculine
#contraception
#contraceptionsTesticulaires
#contraceptions

Sunday 17 February 1963

Coming soon - canned cakes. You will be able to store them for two years. Handbags that grow as you let out the strap handles are all the rage in Paris. For £56 you will soon be able to have garage doors that open when car headlights shine on them.

#SocialHistory #History #Television #Contraception #Money #Football #1960s

https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5929807

Saheli, a 'non-steroidal non-hormonal contraceptive pill'. Saheli dosage starts 1 pill per half-week for ... (?), then 1 pill weekly. Basically induce a brief, mini-menopause that stops when you stop the pills. https://saheliinfo.com/clinical-evidence

Then! ONE-YEAR vaginal ring Annovera. Unlike monthly-ish vaginal rings, (https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/6449/smpc) this thicker vaginal ring holds enough for 13 cycles with one week bleeding breaks, or 12 if you skip periods. Think "buff NuvaRing". https://www.annoverahcp.com/

Speaking of intra-uterine system / device options: the UK does several! We are no longer stuck with the larger, higher dose Mirena hIUS. https://www.mirena.co.uk/ I want the smaller, lower dose (but shorter duration) Jaydess https://www.fsrh.org/Public/Public/Documents/ceu-product-review-jaydess-apr-14.aspx or Kyleena. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/769/smpc

(You can fit a non-hormonal IUD copper coil as emergency contraception, within 10 days of unprotected sex. Fitting it as regular birth control anytime otherwise is also fine, when not pregnant.) https://patient.info/sexual-health/long-acting-reversible-contraceptives-larc/intrauterine-contraceptive-device

Finally, vasectomy. New part is "I found multiple cases where doctors did their own vasectomies". This may be helpful for hesitant cis men and AMAB people to know. Vasectomies are reversible ("easily", according to a medical nerd friend, but obv different people's bodies respond to things in weird, cool ways, so everything depends). https://www.baus.org.uk/_userfiles/pages/files/Patients/Leaflets/Vasectomy.pdf

I am not a doctor. Even if I were, I am not YOUR doctor. I do not have access to your medical records.
I'm just infodumping useful info to prevent unwanted pregnancies, minimise unplanned pregnancies, and mitigate risks. https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/contraception-sterilization/management/male-sterilization-vasectomy/

#contraception #contraceptive #sexEd #POP #progesterone #hormones #HRT #HormoneReplacementTherapy #birth #BirthControl #familyPlanning #PlannedParenthood #sex #Sexual #SexualHealth #healthcare #ReproductiveHealthcare #ReproductiveRights #pregnancy #InternalCondoms #ExternalCondoms #Condom #ContraceptiveDiaphragm #CayaPhragm #spermicide #vaginalRing #NuvaRing #patch #injection #IUS #hormonalIUD #IUD #copperCoil #medicine #UnitedKingdom #UK #England #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #GreatBritain #Britain

Another thing I'm sick of seeing are all these #commercials for erectile dysfunction using sexually-loaded imagery bordering on porn designed to stimulate men at the same time the #GOP/#RW want to make medical #abortion pills & #contraception for #women illegal.

Talk about male #GenderBias.

#WomenRights #Women'sHealth

Another thing I'm sick of seeing are all these commercials for erectile dysfunction that use sexually loaded imagery bordering on porn designed to stimulate men while the #GOP wants to make not only #abortion & abortion pills but also #contraception for #women illegal.

Talk about male #GenderBias.

#WomensRights #WomensHealth

Threats follow #Michigan State Representative who says she had surgery to remove her reproductive organs

She'd been considering it for a few yrs, finalized by Trump’s election, sharing it now to validate fears #women may have re access to #contraception.
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-lawmaker-threats-elective-sterilization-358a4f0ed6e55e8c785faa7b29d41cdb

#WomensRights #WomensHealth #ReproRights #BirthControl

from Jessica Valenti

"In yet another purge of vital health data, the Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website. They’ve also erased guidance on pharmacies’ obligation not to discriminate against patients seeking reproductive health care."

https://open.substack.com/pub/jessica/p/hipaa-hss-deleted-trump?r=1nlk19&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#privacy #health #contraception #Trump #HIPAA #abortion

I've had a hormonal IUS before, not a copper IUD coil.
jfc insertion is painful (but apparently not for other people??!) but not having to deal with condoms or the pill or anything? for YEARS?!

And the success rate is the highest or right up there. I think the arm implant is 1 pregnancy in 2000 couples over a year or two...? Unless that's the hormonal IUS.

ALSO THERE ARE DIFFERENT DOSES AND SIZES. If you're nulliparous (have never given birth) like me, GET THE SMALLEST, holy shit.
Why the flying fuck they bunged the massive Mirena in there, I've no fucking clue. Again: some people feel "mild discomfort" and other people do just feel some mild discomfort but not pain!

But yeah, even with the insertion pain, I'm getting an IUS again soon. It's just that damn convenient and reliable, I cannot lie.

https://helloclue.com/articles/sex/bleeding-on-iud

#LongActingReversibleContraception #LARC #contraception #BirthControl #FamilyPlanning #HormonalContraception #NonHormonalContraception #HormoneIUS #CopperIUD #sex #SexEd #SexToy #SexToys #MedMastodon #MedicalHacks #MedicalCare #Medical #Meds #Medicine #Medicines #PregnancyPlanning