Naked News: Rogue sperm donation, teen group sex, and the end of marriage
- A man who donates his sperm to women and couples he meets online faces federal charges (a $100,000 fine or up to a year in prison) for not doing blood tests every time.
- CDC study shows that the HPV vaccine doesn’t make teens promiscuous. Yeah, we know: shocking.
- Fewer than half of U.S. adults are currently married, which is a record low. Cue a thousand “End Of Marriage?” headlines.
And now for something truly mortifying: overwrought teenage anti-choice poetry
Embarrassing diary entries, old yearbook photos, junior high love letters — it’s all fun and games until someone breaks out their unhinged teenage anti-choice poetry.
Read More »Naked News: Sex jokes at the office can cause depression, slacking
- Sex chat at the water cooler can lead to depression and low productivity, study finds.
- A Florida boy is pulled from class for wearing high heels.
Something to do this Saturday: repro rights rally in NYC!
The Republicans talk a big game about focusing on getting people more jobs, but as far as actions go, this new Congress seems more intent on limiting people’s freedom, especially women’s. The right wing is going after reproductive rights in general and Planned Parenthood specifically — women’s health care is at greater risk now than it has been years: on February 18, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to bar Planned Parenthood health centers from all federal funding for birth control, cancer screenings, HIV testing, and other lifesaving care! Just check out this funny but horrifying Daily Show summary.
Naked News: Justin Bieber doesn’t stand with Planned Parenthood
- Justin Bieber proves exactly why we shouldn’t really be asking 16-year-old himbo pop starlets to weigh in on the abortion debate.
- Congresswomen share their personal stories for the first time in the Planned Parenthood funding debate. (And because we don’t even pretend to be objective around these parts, click here to tell your reps that the defunding is outrageous and wrong.)
What kind of birth control should you use?
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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