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Tag Archive | "Reproduction"

Dear Dr. Kate, Can I Have My Tubes Untied?

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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photo by dullhunk Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, My tubes been tied for fifteen years and I’m really thinking about getting them untied. [...]

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Dear Dr. Kate, Can You Affect the Sex of Your Baby?

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

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photo by gniliep Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, When trying to conceive, are there things you can do to try to tip the [...]

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Should Anonymous Sperm Donation Be Banned?

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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Is anyone not thinking about sperm donation right now, given the ubiquitous billboards for the movie THE SWITCH featuring Jason Bateman sniffing a cup of jizz? Anonymous sperm donation is now banned in Britain and several other European countries, and some people are pushing for the same to happen here in the U.S. Proponents of [...]

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The New Abortion Providers

Friday, July 23, 2010

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Dr. Emily Godfrey is our new hero: she had the courage to be featured on the front page of the NYTimes Sunday Magazine last weekend as a doctor willing to provide abortions, not in an abortion clinic but at her practice where she sees all sorts of patients. In case you missed it last weekend, [...]

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Dear Dr. Kate, What’s Involved in Egg Donation?

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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photo by woodleywonderworks Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Kate, There’s been an ad for egg donors in the paper for the last few weeks. [...]

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New Study Says Fetuses Don’t Feel Pain Before 24 Weeks

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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photo by chadcrowell A report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, which was commissioned by the UK’s Department of Health, has found that fetuses don’t feel pain before 24 weeks (and probably not after for some time) for two reasons: 1) the brain is not formed enough to perceive pain, and 2) the [...]

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What Kind of Birth Control Should You Use?

Friday, February 19, 2010

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The good news is there are a lot of birth control options available to women. The bad news is you have to figure out which one is right for you — how to choose?! Planned Parenthood has a pretty cool, new widget that can help take a little bit of the guesswork out of it. [...]

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Pro-Choice Responses to the Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad

Friday, February 5, 2010

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To kick off your Superbowl weekend, check out these 3 bits that you won’t (but should!) see during the game this Sunday — all are in response to the anti-choice, anti-equality, anti-gay Christian group Focus on the Family’s 2.5-million-dollar spot (that we mentioned the other day) featuring football star Tim Tebow and his mom talking [...]

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Dear Dr. Vanessa: Is Sex During Pregnancy OK?

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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photo by karindaiziel Every few weeks, Dr. Vanessa Cullins, a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood® Federation of America, will be answering your questions here. To ask her your own question, click here. Dear Dr. Vanessa, I’m pregnant and healthy. I’ve heard it’s okay to have sex when you’re pregnant. [...]

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Take Action Against the Stupak Amendment Today

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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photo of the Capitol Building dome interior (looking kind of like a pack of birth control pills) by opalsson Today, Planned Parenthood is organizing a “National Day of Action” to inform people about the Stupak Amendment and to lobby the Senate for health care reform that ensures women’s access to reproductive health care. Their bullet [...]

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