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By Ruben on July 13, 2007 8:32 AM | No Comments

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37 Lawsuits Filed Against Makers of NuvaRing: The law firm Blau & Brown filed 37 lawsuits in Essex County Superior Court and Newark federal court against Organon, USA, makers of the NuvaRing contraceptive. The lawsuits claim NuvaRing caused blood clot complications, including death. [Read More]

Birth-control pills poison everyone? "According to the National Catholic Register, EPA-funded scientists at the University of Colorado studied fish in a mountain stream near Boulder, Colo., two years ago. When they netted 123 trout and other fish downstream from the city's sewer plant, they found 101 were female, 12 were male, and 10 were strange "intersex" fish with male and female features..." [Read More]

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UK: 11 year olds could be offered morning after pill. Children as young as 11 could be offered contraceptives at school without their parents' knowledge.... [Read More]

Tancredo Accepts Thousands From Founder of Planned Parenthood Network. Brownback campaign questions why donations from major abortion advocate are being accepted; requests Tancredo donates money to Iowa Crisis Pregnancy Centers... [Read More]

Rider banned over birth-control advice. A 76 year old woman has been banned from a Utah bus station after giving birth control advice to Hispanic passengers and women with large families... [Read More]

New Book: Love & Fertility: "Women no longer need to be slaves to the pharmaceutical industry," said Mercedes Arzu Wilson, president of Family of the Americas Foundation and author of the newly released book, Love & Fertility... [Read More]