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News for the Carolinas
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Pediatricians and doctors treating teenaged girls should consider writing "just-in-case" prescriptions for the morning-after pill, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said Monday.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2012
One of eight provisions under the Women's Preventative Health Care amendment went into effect Wednesday, saying insurance companies now have to pay for birth control.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Seven states are asking a federal judge to block an Obama administration mandate that requires birth control coverage for employees of religious-affiliated hospitals, schools and outreach programs.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills after uncovering a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally.
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Monday, August 01, 2011
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced sweeping new guidelines for women's health care which will change everything from distribution of birth control pills to administration of breast exams -- and will mean insured women will no longer pay anything out of their own pocket.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The debut episode of MTV's Skins attracted over 3.3 million viewers but the next week, half of that number tuned in. The show depicts the lives of a group of teens who smoke, drink, and have sex.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
A South Carolina mother is upset her 14-year-old daughter was driven from school to a clinic for a birth control shot.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Some male fish in parts of the Pee Dee are developing female characteristics, possibly because they're being exposed to birth control pills and hormone treatments that are seeping into U.S. waterways.
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