Happy 40th Anniversary Roe v. Wade: Where We Are Today [Sex in the News]
Today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the ruling that established the right to obtain an abortion across the country. The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of a woman’s rights to choose, at least within the first three months after conception. However, with how much talk there was about abortion in the last election, it almost feels like this ruling is going through a mid-life crisis.
New Year, Same Crazy Politicians In Washington [Sex in the News]
Instead of focusing on one issue, I thought I’d share a smattering of new issues that came up this week, and judge from afar (aka Canada – the land of legal abortions and same-sex marriage).

Should He Split The Cost of Plan B with Me? [Friday Faves]
A quick but urgent question: Should guys have to split plan B with us?! And how do you go about asking him?
So What Did Gen. Petraeus Do, Anyway? [Current Events Cheat Sheet]
OMG you guys, football! There must be some exciting things going on because I can hardly think or type right now thanks to the guy down the hall who loves to scream at the TV when football games are on!
Did Sex Win In The 2012 Election? [Sex in the News]
Barack Obama wasn’t the only big winner on election night. Women, people from the LGBTQ community and marijuana enthusiasts also finished ahead this election.
Free Birth Control is Good for Society [Sex in the News]
Access to free birth control leads to low teen birth and abortion rates. After letting 9,000 mostly poor and/or uninsured women in the city choose what type of contraception they’d use if it were free, researchers found that women that have access to free contraception don’t get pregnant as often.
Get The Facts: Abortion Laws in the US
Do you feel well informed about your rights to abortion? Or overwhelmed by opinion and debate?

Around the Web

Why Meghan McCain is Someone to Watch Out For
Meghan McCain used to really bother me. I thought the only reason she had become a well known political commentator was because her father, John McCain, was a prominent politician. It’s obvious that she’s worked hard to brand herself as a new, young voice of the Republican party. This interview she just did with Playboy is an example of that – she has some good things to say, but she’s trying hard to seem cool and relatable.
Sex in the News: Wrapping up the Reproductive Year
When I started writing this column back in February the across the United States, many states were reevaluating their legislation around reproductive health. We’re nearing the end of the year and yet issues surrounding reproductive health are continuing to pop up. Access to abortion, distribution of Plan B, and issues around birth control are still coming up across they country.
Sex in the News: Leave the Decision Making to the Women
A new report from the United Nations says this, just in a lot more words. The UN Special Rapporteur on Health, Anand Grover, informed member states that states should be providing safe and legal abortion for all of their women, and that not doing so is messing with women’s rights.
Sex in the News: Abortion Goes Sin-Free for Six Days
The Catholic Church has a longstanding reputation of opposing homosexuality, contraception and abortion. Though Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his views that condoms are making the spread of AIDS worse, during his visit to Madrid, he gave priests permission to lift excommunication for women who confess to having an abortion.
Abortion: Breaking the Taboo
Abortion is everywhere in the news right now. (I mean, isn’t it always?) Politicians are talking about it. Chelsea Handler is talking about it. That’s right, you read correctly–Chelsea Handler. The comedienne recently revealed to the New York Times that she had an abortion when she was 16.

Free Pregnancy Test With a Side of Guilt
For everyone who’s ever had a pregnancy scare, there’s nothing, well, scarier. As soon as you’re a day late..it’s over. The panic starts to rush in and you can’t stop thinking about it; in the shower, while you’re getting ready, through class. As soon as 3pm hits you rush to CVS and buy the first pregnancy test you see.