New Delhi: Todd Akin, a congressman since six years and the 2012 Republican Primary who will be contesting for the US senate, made an obnoxious remark to support his anti-abortion stance in a TV talk show. He said, "From what I understand from doctors, that's really rare, if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down." First of all, how can a rape be legitimate? Secondly, his statement meant that if a woman is being raped, she probably won't get pregnant because her body will have a sort of biological reaction to avert conception.
What's more bizarre is that Akin is being accused of deriving this ideology from a book titled The Handmaid's Tale written in 1985 with the following excerpt...
At the Center everyone had to "Testify" about their past lives. Janine testified that she was gang-raped at fourteen. After she finished speaking, the Aunts asked the group whose fault the rape was, and the rest of the Handmaids chanted in unison that it was Janine's fault because she led them on. When she cried, they called her a crybaby.
While Akin's opponents seethe in joy after his self-destroying remarks, media across the world is unsparingly storming with innovative ways to backlash. Here's one such advertisement of a fake pharmaceutical company on YouTube, that's a sarcastic slap to Akin's remark, implying that if legitimate rape does not result in pregnancy, it could be used as a birth control method
01:53 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Marayoor (Kerala): It's been a while since tribal Adivasi women and girls in three villages of Kerala's Idukki district have menstruated. Reason? They have been popping contraceptive pills to avoid the inconvenience of those few days, say people from the area. As a result - the practice begins from the time girls start menstruating - many have stopped conceiving in the villages of Marayoor, Vattavada and Kanthaloor, say activists. Idukki...
01:40 PM, Jan 19, 2012
London: Women have been awaiting it for years -- a contraceptive option for men to help them share the family planning burden. And, now scientists at Edinburgh University have confirmed that such a contraceptive jab has proved successful in preventing unplanned pregnancies after tests in Scotland, 'The Scotsman' reported. The World Health Organisation trial, involving 200 couples around the globe, uses a combination of the hormones testosterone and progesterone which...
10:12 AM, Feb 07, 2011
New Delhi: Indian youths discover sex late but when they do, they play the field before deciding to settle down with one partner. They are also shockingly lax about using protection, a recent survey has revealed. In the second part of the IBNLive "How Young India loves: the under-25 sex survey" we bring you the sexual habits of young Indians exploring life, love and fidelity. Marrying Late Indians no longer...
04:21 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Mumbai: Another option for all women looking at family spacing or who just want to play it safe, there's something that promises to help you stay away from the tedious pill routine. The matchstick size injectable implant, clinically tested by the ICMR over 6 years on 3000 healthy women , has proved to be 100 per cent efficient in warding off pregnancy for 3 years. The contraceptive is a heavy...
07:23 AM, Jan 23, 2011
New Delhi: In the age of fast love, multiple relationships and early maturity, the 'pill' or the oral contraceptive has become the woman's most intimate friend. And a first-of its kind art project, featuring works by leading contemporary Indian and international artists will celebrate 50 years of the pill in the capital. The exposition beginning Jan 22 will try to bring out the dilemma and the debate surrounding the pill....
05:37 PM, Jan 10, 2011
London: A contraceptive gel may soon replace the birth control pill, researchers say. Rubbing a bit of the clear gel into the arms, legs, shoulders and abdomen every day delivers a dose of hormones which prevent pregnancy. Researchers say it could be an attractive alternative to the pill, that too without the common side-effects of nausea and weight gain. It is also suitable for those who are breastfeeding, unlike the...
11:36 AM, Oct 27, 2010
what happens when precautions are not taken or if they fail? Can an emergency contraceptive pill solve the problem? ...
09:24 PM, May 29, 2010
Contraceptive pills have been on sale over the counter in India for years. ...
10:20 PM, Oct 07, 2009
How it works: Men take monthly injections of 500 mg of a formulation. ...
12:42 PM, May 05, 2009
Earlier FDA approved sale of Plan B without prescription to those 18 and older. ...
10:51 AM, Apr 23, 2009
Mumbai: Senior cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Zahir Khan, along with Rohit Sharma and Umesh Yadav, arrived here on Saturday night from Australia on conclusion of the Indian tour. Tendulkar, Zahir, Sharma and Yadav had separated from rest of the squad at Singapore to take a connecting flight to Mumbai. While Zaheer and Yadav have been rested for India's next engagement, Asia Cup in Bangladesh, Tendulkar and Rohit are part of...
01:31 PM, Apr 30, 2008
Oral contraceptives are more effective in preventing pregnancy and moderates bleeding. ...
03:55 PM, Apr 04, 2008
Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board has said that it had no information about the return of refuge wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider to the country from London. A senior PCB official told PTI neither was the board aware of Haider having withdrawn his application for asylum with the British home office nor his return to Pakistan. "He has not been in touch with us so we don't anything about his plans," chief operating...
09:21 AM, Jan 17, 2008
The TN govt has sent a notice to a magazine for publishing i-pill ads. ...
03:35 AM, Aug 22, 2007
The i-pill is showing contra-indications in Tamil Nadu. ...
08:45 PM, Aug 21, 2007
Asian countries lose their virginity at a much older age. ...
11:20 PM, Jul 05, 2007
Actress Ashley Judd has launched an Emergency Contraceptive programme in Jaipur. ...
03:39 PM, Mar 24, 2007
National AIDS Control Organisation will increase contraceptive vending outlets by five-fold to check AIDS in India. ...
09:59 AM, Mar 08, 2007
Studies show that changing lifestyles is putting more and more women at risk of the deadly heart attack. ...
11:18 AM, Feb 15, 2007
