On the same day that Massachusetts recommends all sex education classes in the state include accurate information on contraception and STI prevention, a writer at conservative site Townhall.com has written a scarily inaccurate article entitled Hobby Lobby: Should Employers be Forced to Provide Abortifacients? Perhaps with access to quality sex education, writer Rachel Alexander would know that … [Read more…]
For too long, the Food and Drug Administration under President Obama was a pretty big disappointment to women. But this week’s decision to make generic emergency contraception (sometimes known as the morning after pill or Plan B) available to women without a prescription, marks the latest move in an improved path toward policy backed by science instead … [Read more…]
Fusionism is a hot-topic in libertarian and conservative circles. It represents the alliance between conservatives and libertarians to advocate for economic freedom. But fusionism requires libertarians to align themselves with a faction of the population that refuses to tolerate freedom in the personal sphere. By aligning ourselves with conservatives, libertarians lose credibility among more socially progressive young people. And … [Read more…]