Mother's Day 2026

It's such a great holiday, they want everyone to celebrate it.

Crooks and Liars
'The door was closed on our province': Feds not offering pharmacare to N.L., says health minister
The option to join a federal program that would make diabetes medication and contraceptives free is no longer on the table for Newfoundland and Labrador, says the province’s health minister.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/the-door-was-closed-on-our-province-feds-not-offering-pharmacare-to-n-l-says-health-minister-9.7178965?cmp=rss

9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on #Church's Standing to Challenge #HealthInsurance Mandate

In March 2025, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that the #AssemblyofGod Church which opposes #abortion and some forms of #contraception lacked standing to challenge Washington's #Reproductive Parity Act which requires #health #insurance carriers to provide coverage for #contraceptives and #abortions.

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2026/01/9th-circuit-hears-oral-arguments-on.html

9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Church's Standing to Challenge Health Insurance Mandate

Yesterday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in  Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland v. Kuderer  ( video of full...

Why condoms in China are about to get more expensive

China is ending a decades-long tax exemption on contraceptives to push up its birth rate. Experts say the change could leave women and young people more vulnerable.

https://quokk.au/c/world/p/488626/why-condoms-in-china-are-about-to-get-more-expensive

Why condoms in China are about to get more expensive

China is ending a decades-long tax exemption on contraceptives to push up its birth rate. Experts say the change could leave women and young people…

Women in low-income areas in Kenya face unsafe abortions due to USAID cuts

#BirthControl shortages will only worsen if #Trump goes ahead with plan to burn millions of dollars of #contraceptives

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/women-in-low-income-areas-in-kenya-face-unsafe-abortions-due-to-usaid-cuts/ #health #population

Kenyan women face unsafe abortions due to USAID cuts

Birth control shortages will only worsen if Trump goes ahead with plan to burn millions of dollars of contraceptives

openDemocracy

The sex ed you get depends on your ZIP code — and your state’s politics

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/sex-education-by-state

👀Would you like to see how male contraceptives compare to female ones? Explore an eye-opening #visualization by Sarah Eggleston, second runner-up in the #UniversityofArizona Libraries’ 2022 Data Visualization Challenge, showing both sides in a clear and creative way. ⏬Download the visualization at https://doi.org/10.25422/azu.data.19736449. Image: Sarah Eggleston (2022). CC BY-NC 4.0. #OpenData #OpenScience #DataViz #Contraceptives #UniversityofArizona
Per #npr 😡
By Royal Decree of King Yam Tits, ten mil in birth control. waits in storage in #belgium for burning.
For months, $9.7 mil worth of birth control for the poor
is at risk. State Dept. said in July that it would spend $167,000 in taxpayer money to #incinerate the #contraceptives at the end of the month, despite the fact that they are #paid_for and #unexpired. That drew outrage from humanitarian organizations around the world, who offered to buy and distribute the products themselves.